ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S 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 NVS 210S

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
11.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 24
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 265

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2007 vs 22 December 2003
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	283 vs 24
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 265

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

265

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
PassMark - G3D Mark	283	24
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	265
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 NVS 210S
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV630	MCP51
Launch date	28 June 2007	22 December 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	643	640
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	11 Watt
Transistor count	390 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4