NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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 950A

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 914 MHz vs 680 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 39.72 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 120
7.8x better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
13.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2593 vs 192
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3289 vs 1503
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 1503

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	914 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 120
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops vs 163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2593 vs 192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289 vs 1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289 vs 1503

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 329 vs 271

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	329 vs 271

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2593

192

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

271

329

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

1503

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

1503

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2593	192
PassMark - G2D Mark	271	329
Geekbench - OpenCL	10220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289	1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289	1503

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale
Code name	GM107	M76
Launch date	13 March 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	907	905
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops	163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	120
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s	5.44 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	24 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0