ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M 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 Quadro NVS 320M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 575 MHz
3.8x more pipelines: 120 vs 32
2.4x better floating-point performance: 173.28 gflops vs 73.6 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 575 MHz
Pipelines	120 vs 32
Floating-point performance	173.28 gflops vs 73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 810 MHz

Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s vs 5.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 810 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark		208
PassMark - G2D Mark		84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1857

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV635	G84
Launch date	28 June 2007	9 June 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1480
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	722 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	173.28 gflops	73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	120	32
Texture fill rate	5.78 GTexel / s	9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	20 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	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	810 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		no
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0