Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	108	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	78.14	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	RV6xx (2007−2010)
GPU code name	N16E-GXX SLI	M76-XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	22 September 2015 (8 years ago)	14 May 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$301	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	4096	120
Core clock speed	1126 MHz	700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10400 Million	390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	330 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	no data	5.440
Floating-point performance	no data	163.2 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	large
Interface	no data	MXM-II
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, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	256+ MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3500 MHz	750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	24 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 data	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	no data	4.0
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	22 September 2015	14 May 2007
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm

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