Intel GMA 500 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 500 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Intel GMA 500

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition

3.5x more core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm

Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 500	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX535	TeraScale
Code name	Poulsbo	RV630
Launch date	2 March 2008	21 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	65 nm
Floating-point performance		168 gflops
Pipelines		120
Texture fill rate		5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Transistor count		390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	ES 2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3