AMD Radeon 530X vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530X and ATI Radeon X300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 530X

ATI Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530X

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 95% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 375 MHz
16.3x more texture fill rate: 24.5 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
10x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

Around 39% lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

Name	AMD Radeon 530X	ATI Radeon X300
Geekbench - OpenCL	28019
PassMark - G2D Mark		209
PassMark - G3D Mark		41

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530X	ATI Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 9
Code name	Meso	RV370
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	847	844
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s	1.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
API support
DirectX		9.0
OpenGL		2.0