AMD Radeon E8950 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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 Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
10.8x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
8.6x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 215 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 743 MHz vs 735 MHz

Core clock speed	743 MHz vs 735 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
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		660
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Amethyst	R600
Launch date	29 September 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	734	376
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	720 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 + 1x 8-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3