AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and ATI Radeon X1950 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 4.6x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 22.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 151
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 466
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2015 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 708 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3368
151
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
708
466
Name AMD Radeon E8870 ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368 151
PassMark - G2D Mark 708 466
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 R500
Code name Saturn R580+
Launch date 29 September 2015 10 September 2006
Place in performance rating 340 328
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 768
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 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 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR4