ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 600 MHz
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 34
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 266

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 21 January 2003
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	283 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 266

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

266

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000
PassMark - G3D Mark	283	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	266
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 Quadro FX 1000
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	RV630	NV30
Launch date	28 June 2007	21 January 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	643	641
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	125 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	DDR2