ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs Matrox Parhelia APVe

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT and Matrox Parhelia APVe 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

Matrox Parhelia APVe

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 250 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
4.4x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 500 MHz
56.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 5
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 14 June 2006
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	283 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 274

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: Matrox Parhelia APVe

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

274

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT	Matrox Parhelia APVe
PassMark - G3D Mark	283	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	274
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	Matrox Parhelia APVe
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Parhelia
Code name	RV630	Parhelia-512
Launch date	28 June 2007	14 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	646	649
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	DDR