ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP and ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 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.

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Around 57% higher core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 460 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 5.78 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 120 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 810 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	722 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.78 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	810 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
PassMark - G3D Mark		82
PassMark - G2D Mark		235

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV635	M66
Launch date	28 June 2007	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	733
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	722 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	173.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120	12
Texture fill rate	5.78 GTexel / s	1.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		460 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.96 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	810 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	64 / 128
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0