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).

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT

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	1555
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