AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 743 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 40 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,280 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 215 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	40 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,280 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	45762
PassMark - G3D Mark		660
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8760 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Cape Verde	R600
Launch date	8 January 2013	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	476	375
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,280 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	40 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3