ATI Radeon HD 4200 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4200 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4200

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 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
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 329
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 September 2009 vs 14 May 2007
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 372 vs 329

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 120 vs 40
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 192 vs 112
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1503 vs 485
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1503 vs 485
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 680 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines 120 vs 40
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 192 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1503 vs 485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1503 vs 485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4200
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
372
329
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
112
192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
485
1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
485
1503
Name ATI Radeon HD 4200 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 372 329
PassMark - G3D Mark 112 192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 485 1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 485 1503

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4200 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Essentials

Architecture RV6xx TeraScale
Code name RV620 M76
Launch date 10 September 2009 14 May 2007
Place in performance rating 898 899
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 40 120
Floating-point performance 163.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 5.44 GTexel / s
Transistor count 390 million

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Shared memory yes 0
Memory bandwidth 24 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 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 large