NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 594 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 31 billion / sec vs 4.75 GTexel / s
2.2x better floating-point performance: 308 gflops vs 142.56 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec vs 4.75 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	308 gflops vs 142.56 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 110

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

Around 7% higher pipelines: 120 vs 112
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 137 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	120 vs 112
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	137 vs 41

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

137

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3085

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV630
Launch date	3 March 2009	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1457	1192
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz	594 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	308 gflops	142.56 gflops
Gigaflops	462
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	112	120
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec	4.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	12.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		792 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD