Radeon HD 2600 PRO vs GeForce GTX 970M

Place in performance ranking	334	1180
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.14	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GM204	RV630
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (9 years ago)	28 June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data
Current price	$848 (0.3x MSRP)	$100

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 970M 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	1280	120
CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	924 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	83.04	4.800
Floating-point performance	2,657 gflops	144 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 970M and Radeon HD 2600 PRO compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	no data

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	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s	16 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	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.

GTX 970M 14.86
+2602%

ATI HD 2600 PRO 0.55

GeForce GTX 970M outperforms Radeon HD 2600 PRO by 2602% based on our aggregate 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%

GTX 970M 5739
+2620%

ATI HD 2600 PRO 211

GeForce GTX 970M outperforms Radeon HD 2600 PRO by 2620% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	136 +2620%	5−6 −2620%
Full HD	59 +2850%	2−3 −2850%
1440p	25	0−1
4K	22	0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

600−650
+2509%

21−24

−2509%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1100−1150 +2519%	42 −2519%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	600−650 +2400%	24−27 −2400%
Battlefield 5	1400−1450 +2592%	52 −2592%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	800−850 +2567%	30−33 −2567%
Cyberpunk 2077	600−650 +2509%	21−24 −2509%
Far Cry 5	1350−1400 +2600%	50 −2600%
Far Cry New Dawn	1250−1300 +2504%	48 −2504%
Forza Horizon 4	1600−1650 +2523%	61 −2523%
Hitman 3	750−800 +2486%	27−30 −2486%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1600−1650 +2567%	60−65 −2567%
Metro Exodus	1400−1450 +2542%	53 −2542%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1100−1150 +2583%	40−45 −2583%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1250−1300 +2560%	45−50 −2560%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1250−1300 +2504%	45−50 −2504%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	950−1000 +2539%	36 −2539%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	600−650 +2400%	24−27 −2400%
Battlefield 5	1150−1200 +2514%	44 −2514%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	800−850 +2567%	30−33 −2567%
Cyberpunk 2077	600−650 +2509%	21−24 −2509%
Far Cry 5	1100−1150 +2583%	41 −2583%
Far Cry New Dawn	950−1000 +2468%	37 −2468%
Forza Horizon 4	3500−3550 +2572%	131 −2572%
Hitman 3	750−800 +2486%	27−30 −2486%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1600−1650 +2567%	60−65 −2567%
Metro Exodus	1050−1100 +2525%	40 −2525%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1100−1150 +2583%	40−45 −2583%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1250−1300 +2560%	45−50 −2560%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1200−1250 +2567%	45 −2567%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1250−1300 +2504%	45−50 −2504%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	550−600 +2519%	21 −2519%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	600−650 +2400%	24−27 −2400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	800−850 +2567%	30−33 −2567%
Cyberpunk 2077	600−650 +2509%	21−24 −2509%
Far Cry 5	750−800 +2486%	29 −2486%
Forza Horizon 4	950−1000 +2539%	36 −2539%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1600−1650 +2567%	60−65 −2567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1250−1300 +2560%	45−50 −2560%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	700−750 +2592%	26 −2592%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1250−1300 +2504%	45−50 −2504%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1100−1150

+2583%

40−45
−2583%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	700−750 +2592%	26 −2592%
Far Cry New Dawn	750−800 +2579%	28 −2579%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	450−500 +2547%	17 −2547%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	300−310 +2400%	12−14 −2400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	450−500 +2400%	18−20 −2400%
Cyberpunk 2077	210−220 +2525%	8−9 −2525%
Far Cry 5	700−750 +2493%	27 −2493%
Forza Horizon 4	600−650 +2509%	23 −2509%
Hitman 3	450−500 +2400%	18−20 −2400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	800−850 +2567%	30−33 −2567%
Metro Exodus	650−700 +2500%	25 −2500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	700−750 +2493%	27−30 −2493%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	400−450 +2400%	16−18 −2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +2567%	9−10 −2567%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

600−650
+2400%

24−27

−2400%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	300−310 +2400%	12 −2400%
Far Cry New Dawn	350−400 +2592%	13 −2592%
Hitman 3	290−300 +2536%	10−12 −2536%
Horizon Zero Dawn	400−450 +2400%	16−18 −2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	240−250 +2567%	9 −2567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	400−450 +2400%	16 −2400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	210−220 +2525%	8−9 −2525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	180−190 +2471%	7−8 −2471%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	180−190 +2471%	7−8 −2471%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +2400%	2−3 −2400%
Far Cry 5	210−220 +2525%	8 −2525%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +2567%	6 −2567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	400−450 +2400%	16−18 −2400%
Metro Exodus	300−310 +2400%	12 −2400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	160−170 +2567%	6−7 −2567%