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).

ATI Radeon HD 4200

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

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	901	903
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