AMD Radeon E8950 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon E8950

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 735 MHz vs 479 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 480 MHz
66.8x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
512x more pipelines: 2048 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
7.7x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 784 MHz

Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	735 MHz vs 479 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 784 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391
PassMark - G3D Mark		48
PassMark - G2D Mark		263

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Amethyst	M64
Launch date	29 September 2015	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	689	688
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	480 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	479 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048	4
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	7.14 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	784 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory		no