GeForce2 MX 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	1382	1600
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	M76	NV11 A2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	14 May 2007 (18 years ago)	28 June 2000 (25 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	120	no data
Core clock speed	680 MHz	175 MHz
Number of transistors	390 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	5.440	0.7
Floating-point processing power	0.1632 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	8	4
L2 Cache	64 KB	no data

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	AGP 4x
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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	750 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	24 GB/s	2.656 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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

1x VGA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	10.0 (10_0)	7.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2007	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm

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