AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM 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. 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 8950 OEM

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 479 MHz
54.1x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
6.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 756 MHz
55.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2718 vs 49
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 367 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 479 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 756 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2718 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	367 vs 244

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2718

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

367

244

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
PassMark - G3D Mark	2718	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	367	244
Geekbench - OpenCL	13777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	795.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	181.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Tahiti	M71
Launch date	8 January 2013	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	706	709
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	479 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	3.024 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	756 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2