ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV630 | G71 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 390 million | 278 million |
| Die size | 153 mm² | 196 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G71-H-N-B1 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 21st, 2008 | Jul 1st, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R600 | GeForce 7 AGP |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | 82 in our database | 83 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 6 AGP |
| Successor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 8 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 700 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 725 MHz 1450 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.60 GB/s | 23.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 120 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 12 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 3 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 12 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.800 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.600 GTexel/s | 6.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 168.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 625.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 27 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
| Board number | B148 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
