AMD Radeon HD 8870M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8870M and ATI Mobility Radeon X2500 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8870M

ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8870M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 460 MHz
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 725 MHz vs 460 MHz
16.8x more texture fill rate: 31 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
53.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 800 MHz
20x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1638 vs 82
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 460 MHz
Boost clock speed	725 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638 vs 82
PassMark - G2D Mark	629 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8870M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1638

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

629

235

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1638	82
PassMark - G2D Mark	629	235
Geekbench - OpenCL	8804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	465.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	106.848
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Venus	M66
Design	AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date	1 April 2013	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	736	737
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	725 MHz	460 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	725 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	992.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	640	12
Texture fill rate	31 GTexel / s	1.84 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	157 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	medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64 / 128
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0