AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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 Instinct MI25 MxGPU

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 743 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1704 MHz vs 1656 MHz
7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4979 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 743 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4979 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 215 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 371

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	397 vs 371

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4979

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

397

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4979	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	23380
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	102.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1762.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	86.313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	617.099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1177
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1724

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 MxGPU	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Vega 10	R600
Launch date	27 June 2017	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	682	375
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	743 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	720 million
Floating-point performance		475.5 gflops
Pipelines		320
Texture fill rate		11.89 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz	1656 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3