ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 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, 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 612 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 171 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 2 May 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 612 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 171 Watt
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 252

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

6.1x more texture fill rate: 39.2 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Around 7% higher pipelines: 128 vs 120
2x better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 192 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 643 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	39.2 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 120
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops vs 192 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	643 vs 283

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

643

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

252

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	283	643
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	252
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	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV630	G80
Launch date	28 June 2007	2 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$829
Place in performance rating	646	647
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	612 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120	128
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	39.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	171 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	681 million
CUDA cores		612
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	2x 6-pin
Length		270 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	103.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	GDDR3
Technologies
SLI