ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 60% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 375 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 211 vs 177
- Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 199
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 28 June 2007 vs 2 February 2006 |
Core clock speed | 600 MHz vs 375 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 90 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 211 vs 177 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 337 vs 199 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
- Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
- Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate | 6 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 211 | 177 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 337 | 199 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1693 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1693 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO | NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Curie |
Code name | RV630 | G71 |
Launch date | 28 June 2007 | 2 February 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 867 | 868 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 375 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 144 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 120 | |
Texture fill rate | 4.8 GTexel / s | 6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 390 million | 278 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 16 GB / s | 38.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |