ATI Radeon X1800 XT vs ATI HD 2600 XT AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameRV630R520
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)1 October 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549

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 cores120no data
Core clock speed800 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors390 million321 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt113 Watt
Texture fill rate6.4009.600
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs416
TMUs816

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s44.8 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 1 October 2005
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 113 Watt

ATI HD 2600 XT AGP has an age advantage of 1 year, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 151.1% lower power consumption.

ATI X1800 XT, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP and Radeon X1800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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