AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD 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 6950

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
36.7x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 756 MHz
53.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2603 vs 49
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 1 March 2007
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 756 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2603 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 244

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2603

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

244

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6950	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
PassMark - G3D Mark	2603	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	244
Geekbench - OpenCL	6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11657
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6950	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	R500
Code name	Cayman	M71
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	710	712
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	45.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1408
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	107 million
Core clock speed		479 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	756 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Memory bandwidth		3.024 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire