ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs ATI Mobility Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO and ATI Mobility Radeon X300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

ATI Mobility Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
30x more pipelines: 120 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 211 vs 34
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 204

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	211 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	337 vs 204

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

204

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO	ATI Mobility Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	211	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	337	204
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1693

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO	ATI Mobility Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	RV630	M22
Launch date	28 June 2007	1 November 2005
Place in performance rating	865	868
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	120	4
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	250 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PCIe