NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 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 Quadro FX 1600M

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Around 39% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 450 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2.2x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 36 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 131 vs 90

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 36 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	131 vs 90

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

Around 25% higher pipelines: 40 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 109

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	40 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

212

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark	131	90
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	212
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		328

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G84	M72
Launch date	1 June 2007	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1305	1306
Price now	$149.90
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	32	40
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0