NVIDIA GeForce G205M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G205M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G205M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G205M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 294 vs 267

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2009 vs 14 May 2007
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	294 vs 267

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 168 vs 92
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1690 vs 989
Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1690 vs 989

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	168 vs 92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1690 vs 989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1690 vs 989

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G205M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

294

267

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

989

1690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

989

1690

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G205M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
PassMark - G2D Mark	294	267
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	989	1690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	989	1690

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G205M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	MCP79MX	M76
Launch date	8 January 2009	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1018	1019
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	390 million
Floating-point performance		120 gflops
Pipelines		120
Texture fill rate		4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-II
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0