Radeon Pro 580X vs ATI HD 2600 PRO

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 2600 PRO with Radeon Pro 580X, including specs and performance data.

ATI HD 2600 PRO
2007
512 MB DDR2, 35 Watt
0.55

Pro 580X outperforms ATI HD 2600 PRO by a whopping 3456% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1219284
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.088.98
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameRV630Polaris 20
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)18 March 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1202304
Core clock speed600 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistors390 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800172.8
Floating-point processing power0.144 TFLOPS5.53 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs8144

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1695 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s217.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 2600 PRO 0.55
Pro 580X 19.56
+3456%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 2600 PRO 211
Pro 580X 7540
+3473%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.55 19.56
Recency 28 June 2007 18 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 150 Watt

ATI HD 2600 PRO has 328.6% lower power consumption.

Pro 580X, on the other hand, has a 3456.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 580X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2600 PRO in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 2600 PRO is a desktop card while Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation one.


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