ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV630 | G84 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 390 million | 289 million |
| Die size | 153 mm² | 169 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G84-400-A2 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 21st, 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 | 82 in our database | 183 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 9 |
| Launch price | — | 199 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 700 MHz | 675 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 1000 MHz 2 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1450 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.60 GB/s | 32.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 120 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 3 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.800 GPixel/s | 5.400 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.600 GTexel/s | 10.80 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 168.0 GFLOPS | 92.80 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 60 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | B148 | P401 |
| Length | — | 198 mm 7.8 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 |
