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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

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	900	903
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