ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 275 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 4.75 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 792 MHz vs 400 MHz
22x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	594 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.75 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	792 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	110 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 137

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	140 vs 137

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

140

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	110	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	137	140

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Celsius
Code name	RV630	NV17 A3
Launch date	28 June 2007	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1153	1156
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	594 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	142.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	4.75 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.67 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	792 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR