ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs GeForce GTX 960 OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1282 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.11 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GM206 | RV630 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 November 2015 (9 years ago) | 28 June 2007 (18 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 cores | 1024 | 120 |
| Core clock speed | 1176 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1201 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,940 million | 390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 76.86 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.46 TFLOPS | 0.144 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 64 KB |
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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1753 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.2 GB/s | 16 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 Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 10.0 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 November 2015 | 28 June 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
GTX 960 OEM has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.
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