ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1173
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameNV41RV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 November 2005 (18 years old)28 June 2007 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data
Current price$181 (0.7x MSRP)$100
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data120
Core clock speed425 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors222 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate5.1004.800
Floating-point performanceno data144 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s16 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

6800 GS 191
ATI HD 2600 PRO 211
+10.5%

Radeon HD 2600 PRO outperforms GeForce 6800 GS by 10% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 7 November 2005 28 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 65 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 GS and Radeon HD 2600 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.


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