ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition

Around 88% higher pipelines: 120 vs 64
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 96 Watt
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz

Pipelines	120 vs 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 96 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2.3x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 168 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 168 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		484
PassMark - G2D Mark		46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3161
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV630	G94
Launch date	21 February 2008	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1591
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	168 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	120	64
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI