ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 479 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
30x more pipelines: 120 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 784 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 48
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 263

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 479 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 784 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	283 vs 48
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

263

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	283	48
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	263
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1701

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV630	M64
Launch date	28 June 2007	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	646	647
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	479 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120	4
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		480 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	7.14 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	784 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	128
Shared memory		no