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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon E8870 | ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |