ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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 Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
10x more pipelines: 120 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 89 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 211 vs 138
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 89 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	211 vs 138
PassMark - G2D Mark	337 vs 198

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Texture fill rate	5.4 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 Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

198

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	211	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	337	198
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 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV630	NV41
Launch date	28 June 2007	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	871	873
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	120	12
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	222 million
Boost clock speed		450 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	None
Laptop size		large
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	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	256
Shared memory		0