GeForce 6200 LE vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | M76 | NV44 A2 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 May 2007 (17 years ago) | 4 April 2005 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $41.24 |
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 | 120 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 680 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 390 million | 75 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 110 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 5.440 | 0.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1632 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 2 |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 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 | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 32 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 750 MHz | 266 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 24 GB/s | 2.128 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 May 2007 | 4 April 2005 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 110 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 2600 XT has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 69.2% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT and GeForce 6200 LE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT is a notebook card while GeForce 6200 LE is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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