ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 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

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.2 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
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
14.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 211 vs 15
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 204

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	211 vs 15
PassMark - G2D Mark	337 vs 204

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 16 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

204

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark	211	15
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	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV630	NV44 A2
Launch date	28 June 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	867	869
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	120	4
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	16 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	75 million
Boost clock speed		300 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	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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