Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs GeForce 720A

Place in performance ranking	914	1176
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GF117	RV630
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2014 (9 years ago)	28 June 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$639	$100

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 720A and ATI HD 2600 PRO have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	96	120
Core clock speed	775 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	938 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	585 million	390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.01	4.800
Floating-point performance	360.2 gflops	144 gflops

Form factor & 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	MXM Module	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	16 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors

No outputs

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 720A 1.59
+189%

ATI HD 2600 PRO 0.55

GeForce 720A outperforms Radeon HD 2600 PRO by 189% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

GeForce 720A 614
+191%

ATI HD 2600 PRO 211

GeForce 720A outperforms Radeon HD 2600 PRO by 191% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.59	0.55
Recency	1 July 2014	28 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	35 Watt