AMD Radeon E8950 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 23% higher core clock speed: 735 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 13.3x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
- 6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
- 10.7x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 200 Watt
- 16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
- 3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Launch date | 29 September 2015 vs 12 December 2007 |
Core clock speed | 735 MHz vs 600 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 320 |
Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops vs 384.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Name | AMD Radeon E8950 | ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO |
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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 | 628 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 397 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon E8950 | ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 3.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Amethyst | R600 |
Launch date | 29 September 2015 | 12 December 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 734 | 379 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 735 MHz | 600 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 4,096 gflops | 384.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 2048 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 128.0 GTexel / s | 9.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 200 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,000 million | 720 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 8-pin |
Length | 241 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB / s | 118.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR4 |