NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

3.8x more pipelines: 120 vs 32
2.1x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 172
11.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 32
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1701 vs 1505
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1701 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	120 vs 32
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	283 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1701 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1701 vs 1505

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

1701

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

1701

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	172	283
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505	1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505	1701
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G96C	RV630
Launch date	29 July 2008	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99	$199
Place in performance rating	1666	646
Price now	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	32	120
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 / 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR4
Technologies
CUDA
SLI