ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs GeForce 9400 GT PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG96CRV630
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 August 2008 (16 years ago)21 February 2008 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16120
Core clock speed550 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors314 million390 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate4.4005.600
Floating-point processing power0.0448 TFLOPS0.168 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s25.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

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

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2008 21 February 2008
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt

9400 GT PCI has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 2600 XT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 11.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 GT PCI and Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

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