NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 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 9800 GX2

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
16x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 120
5.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 211
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3238 vs 1693
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3238 vs 1693

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 120
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 144 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	613 vs 211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238 vs 1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238 vs 1693

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 197 Watt
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 262

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 197 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	337 vs 262

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

211

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

337

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3238

1693

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3238

1693

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	613	211
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238	1693
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238	1693

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV630
Launch date	18 March 2008	28 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	887	889
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128	120
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI