AMD Radeon E8950 vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and ATI Radeon X600 SE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon E8950

ATI Radeon X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 735 MHz vs 325 MHz
98.5x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
12x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	735 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	ATI Radeon X600 SE
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 - G2D Mark		229
PassMark - G3D Mark		49

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 9
Code name	Amethyst	RV370
Launch date	29 September 2015	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	762	759
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 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)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR