ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3200 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3200

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 14 May 2007
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

3x more pipelines: 120 vs 40
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 227
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 168 vs 82
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1690 vs 386
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1690 vs 386

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	120 vs 40
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	267 vs 227
PassMark - G3D Mark	168 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1690 vs 386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1690 vs 386

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3200
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

267

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

1690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

1690

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3200	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	267
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386	1690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386	1690

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3200	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	TeraScale
Code name	RS780M	M76
Launch date	4 June 2008	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1289	1039
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	40	120
Transistor count	181 Million	390 million
Floating-point performance		120 gflops
Texture fill rate		4 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Shared memory	yes	0
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2, GDDR3
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
PowerPlay 7.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-II
Laptop size		medium sized