ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs HD 8770M

Place in the ranking	770	1156
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.01
Power efficiency	no data	1.12
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Mars	RV630
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)	28 June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	384	120
Core clock speed	775 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	825 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	390 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.80	6.400
Floating-point processing power	0.6336 TFLOPS	0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	24	8

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	22.4 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 outputs

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

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:

Full HD

54
+350%

12−14

−350%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

16.58

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+500%

1−2

−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Hitman 3	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +340%	5−6 −340%
Metro Exodus	3−4	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +333%	9−10 −333%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Hitman 3	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +340%	5−6 −340%
Metro Exodus	3−4	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +333%	9−10 −333%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Hitman 3	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +340%	5−6 −340%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +500%	2−3 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +333%	9−10 −333%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+600%

1−2

−600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +350%	4−5 −350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+500%

1−2

−500%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

0−1

This is how HD 8770M and ATI HD 2600 XT compete in popular games:

HD 8770M is 350% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.99	0.73
Recency	1 April 2013	28 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm

HD 8770M has a 309.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 8770M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2600 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8770M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 2600 XT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.