AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and ATI Radeon X800 GT 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 X800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 475 MHz
12.6x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 3.8 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: 4 GB vs 128 MB
6.1x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 986 MHz
40.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 84
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 423

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 1 November 2005
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 986 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 423

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

423

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	423
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 X800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R400
Code name	Saturn	R430
Launch date	29 September 2015	1 November 2005
Place in performance rating	341	370
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	475 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	31.55 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR