ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 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 XT AGP

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • 3.8x more pipelines: 120 vs 32
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 173.28 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Core clock speed 722 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines 120 vs 32
Floating-point performance 173.28 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

  • Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
  • Around 55% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 10 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 810 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Name ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 124
PassMark - G2D Mark 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1701

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Tesla
Code name RV635 G84
Launch date 28 June 2007 1 June 2007
Place in performance rating not rated 1556
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 722 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 173.28 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 120 32
Texture fill rate 5.78 GTexel / s 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 29 Watt
Transistor count 378 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.96 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 810 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0

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