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).

 

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 482
PassMark - G2D Mark 45
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