ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon HD 2400 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 XT Mac Edition

ATI Radeon HD 2400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition

Around 76% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 398 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 120 vs 40
5.3x better floating-point performance: 168 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 990 MHz

Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 40
Floating-point performance	168 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 990 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2400

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark		121
PassMark - G2D Mark		298
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		635

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 2400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV630	RV610
Launch date	21 February 2008	19 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1050
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	398 MHz
Floating-point performance	168 gflops	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	120	40
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	1.592 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	7.92 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2