AMD Radeon HD 8830M vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8830M and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8830M

ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8830M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 990 MHz

Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 990 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8830M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8830M	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5106
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11302
PassMark - G2D Mark		415
PassMark - G3D Mark		141

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8830M	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Venus	R520
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	434	377
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	575 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	575 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0