AMD Radeon R7 M465 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M465 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 M465

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M465

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 743 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 82% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1095 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	27 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1095 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 218

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	397 vs 218

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M465
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1095

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

218

397

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M465	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1095	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	218	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	7339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2535
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2535

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M465	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Litho	R600
Launch date	15 May 2016	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1086	375
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	960 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	864.0 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384	320
Texture fill rate	27 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	720 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		215 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0