AMD Radeon HD 8850M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8850M and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL 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: 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8850M

ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8850M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 350 MHz
8.9x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 660 MHz
16.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 973 vs 60
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 502 vs 189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 660 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	973 vs 60
PassMark - G2D Mark	502 vs 189

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8850M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

973

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

502

189

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8850M	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	973	60
PassMark - G2D Mark	502	189
Geekbench - OpenCL	8067
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	435.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	84.378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8850M	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Venus	M26
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	1 March 2005
Place in performance rating	920	923
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	575 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	10.56 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0