AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM and ATI Radeon X300 SE 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 Radeon X300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 325 MHz
79.7x more texture fill rate: 103.6 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 64 MB
12.5x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 400 MHz
73.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2785 vs 38
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 364 vs 242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2785 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	364 vs 242

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE

6.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2785

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

364

242

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8950 OEM	ATI Radeon X300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	2785	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	364	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	13773
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 Radeon X300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 9
Code name	Tahiti	RV370
Launch date	8 January 2013	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	720	717
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,315 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	103.6 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	30 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0	9.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR