ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) with Radeon HD 2600 XT, including specs and performance data.

R4 (Stoney Ridge)
2016
15 Watt
1.17
+60.3%

R4 (Stoney Ridge) outperforms ATI HD 2600 XT by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10681161
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiency5.441.13
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameStoney RidgeRV630
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)28 June 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores192120
Core clock speedno data800 MHz
Boost clock speed600 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data390 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data6.400
Floating-point processing powerno data0.192 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data22.4 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD8
+100%
4−5
−100%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data49.75

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

This is how R4 (Stoney Ridge) and ATI HD 2600 XT compete in popular games:

  • R4 (Stoney Ridge) is 100% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.17 0.73
Recency 1 June 2016 28 June 2007
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

R4 (Stoney Ridge) has a 60.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2600 XT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 2600 XT is a desktop one.


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