ATI Radeon HD 2400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV610 | G84 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 180 million | 289 million |
| Die size | 85 mm² | 169 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G84-303-A2 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 19th, 2008 | Apr 17th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R600 | GeForce 8 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 32 in our database | 183 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 9 |
| Launch price | — | 159 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 398 MHz | 540 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 495 MHz 990 Mbps effective | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1190 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 7.920 GB/s | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 40 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.592 GPixel/s | 4.320 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 1.592 GTexel/s | 8.640 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 31.84 GFLOPS | 76.16 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | 47 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | B170 | P402, P403 |
| Length | — | 170 mm 6.7 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
