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).

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

177

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

199

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
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
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV630	G71
Launch date	28 June 2007	2 February 2006
Place in performance rating	866	867
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
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