AMD FireStream 9270 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD FireStream 9270 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD FireStream 9270

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 625 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
9.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1341 vs 137

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 November 2008 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1341 vs 137

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 507 vs 473

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	507 vs 473

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FireStream 9270
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1341

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

473

507

Name	AMD FireStream 9270	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	1341	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	473	507

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FireStream 9270	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV770	R580
Launch date	13 November 2008	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	294	297
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3