ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV630 | G86 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 390 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 153 mm² | 127 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 28th, 2007 | Aug 1st, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R600 | GeForce 9 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 199 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 82 in our database | 6 in our database |
| Predecessor | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | Radeon R700 | GeForce 200 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | 459 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 918 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 22.40 GB/s | 9.600 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 120 | 16 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| Compute units | 3 | — |
| Cache L2 | 64 KB | 16 KB |
| SM count | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.200 GPixel/s | 1.836 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 6.400 GTexel/s | 3.672 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 192.0 GFLOPS | 29.38 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 50 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Length | — | 168 mm 6.6 inches |
| Board number | — | P403 |
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 |
