AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM and ATI Radeon X600 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 91.1x more texture fill rate: 118.4 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
  • 24x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 128 MB
  • 11x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Launch date 8 January 2013 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed 925 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

  • 6.9x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 250 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 36 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

Name AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM ATI Radeon X600 SE
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339
PassMark - G2D Mark 229
PassMark - G3D Mark 49

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM ATI Radeon X600 SE

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Rage 9
Code name Tahiti RV370
Launch date 8 January 2013 1 September 2004
Place in performance rating 757 760
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 925 MHz 325 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 2048
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s 1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 36 Watt
Transistor count 4,313 million 107 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 274 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 9.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 264.0 GB / s 4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR