ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP vs R6 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R6 (Carrizo) with Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP, including specs and performance data.

R6 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.38
+431%

R6 (Carrizo) outperforms HD 2600 PRO AGP by a whopping 431% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10471420
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.040.57
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameCarrizoRV630
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2015 (10 years ago)28 June 2007 (18 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 cores384120
Core clock speedno data594 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million390 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.752
Floating-point processing powerno data0.1426 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8
L2 Cacheno data64 KB

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataDDR2
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data396 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.67 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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-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 HD11
+450%
2−3
−450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Resident Evil 4 Remake 0−1 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Valorant 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 31
+520%
5−6
−520%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5 0−1
Valorant 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Valorant 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 4−5 0−1

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 4−5 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Valorant 5−6 0−1

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Valorant 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

This is how R6 (Carrizo) and ATI HD 2600 PRO AGP compete in popular games:

  • R6 (Carrizo) is 450% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.38 0.26
Recency 4 June 2015 28 June 2007
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

R6 (Carrizo) has a 431% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 132% more advanced lithography process, and 192% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R6 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R6 (Carrizo) is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 2600 PRO AGP is a desktop one.

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