ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M76 | GT216 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | M76 XT | N10P-GE-A2 |
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 390 million | 486 million |
| Die size | 153 mm² | 100 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jul 26th, 2007 | Jun 15th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M7x (Mobility HD 2000) | GeForce 200M |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M6x | GeForce 100M |
| Successor | M8x | GeForce 300M |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 600 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 685 MHz 1370 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1100 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 21.92 GB/s | 25.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 120 | 48 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 3 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | 64 KB |
| SM count | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.400 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.800 GTexel/s | 8.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 144.0 GFLOPS | 105.6 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | MXM Module | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 23 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
