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).

 

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
38
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 13770
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 719 716
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