NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M and ATI Mobility 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 680 MHz
  • 3.6x more texture fill rate: 19.7 billion / sec vs 5.44 GTexel / s
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 288 vs 120
  • 3.8x better floating-point performance: 616.3 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
  • 10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1953 vs 192
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 329
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2010 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate 19.7 billion / sec vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines 288 vs 120
Floating-point performance 616.3 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1953 vs 192
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 329

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1503 vs 1112
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1503 vs 1112
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1503 vs 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1503 vs 1112

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1953
192
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1112
1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1112
1503
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 1953 192
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 329
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1112 1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1112 1503

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF104 M76
Launch date 3 September 2010 14 May 2007
Place in performance rating 896 899
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1100 MHz 680 MHz
Floating-point performance 616.3 gflops 163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 288 120
Texture fill rate 19.7 billion / sec 5.44 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 390 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-II
Laptop size large large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB / s 24 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
PowerPlay 7.0