AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6870

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 480 MHz
26.3x more texture fill rate: 50.4 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
280x more pipelines: 1120 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
43.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2210 vs 51
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 1 March 2007
Boost clock speed	900 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2210 vs 51
PassMark - G2D Mark	413 vs 211

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2210

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

413

211

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	2210	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	413	211
Geekbench - OpenCL	4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	R500
Code name	Barts	M71
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$239
Place in performance rating	829	832
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	38.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	480 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1120	4
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s	1.92 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	107 million
Core clock speed		480 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	220 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128
Shared memory	0	no
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire