ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later

Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 26 July 2007

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
13.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 6.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 6.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2
Essentials
Architecture	R500	TeraScale
Code name	RV530	RV630
Launch date	1 October 2007	26 July 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	2x 6.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	390 million
Floating-point performance		2x 192 gflops
Pipelines		2x 120
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	2x 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3