AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 and ATI Radeon X300 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

ATI Radeon X300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 325 MHz
183.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 64 MB
10.5x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 242
66.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2534 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2011 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 242
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534 vs 38

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE

8.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 254 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 254 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300 SE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

242

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2534

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	ATI Radeon X300 SE
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark	373	242
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534	38

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	ATI Radeon X300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Rage 9
Code name	Barts	RV370
Launch date	19 September 2011	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	726	723
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	2x 960
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	254 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR