Intel GMA X3500 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA X3500 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.

Intel GMA X3500

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 667 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 667 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA X3500	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Bearlake	RV630
Launch date	1 August 2007	26 July 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	667 MHz	800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Floating-point performance		2x 192 gflops
Pipelines		2x 120
Texture fill rate		2x 6.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count		390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3