Intel GMA 3600 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 3600 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel GMA 3600

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later

Launch date	1 October 2008 vs 14 May 2007

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA 3600
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Name	Intel GMA 3600	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark		192
PassMark - G2D Mark		329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1503

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 3600	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX545	TeraScale
Code name	Cedarview	M76
Launch date	1 October 2008	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	921
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	680 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Floating-point performance		163.2 gflops
Pipelines		120
Texture fill rate		5.44 GTexel / s
Transistor count		390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	MXM-II
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	ES 2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		24 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz
Memory type		DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0