AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon E8870

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1450 MHz
24.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 137
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 507

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

507

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Saturn	R580
Launch date	29 September 2015	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	341	293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3