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).

 

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
15
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 866 868
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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