AMD Radeon R9 270X vs ATI Radeon X800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and ATI Radeon X800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 270X

ATI Radeon X800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
22.1x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
58.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4893 vs 84
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 612 vs 423

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 November 2005
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4893 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark	612 vs 423

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4893

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

612

423

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4893	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	612	423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1771

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI Radeon X800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Curacao	R430
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 November 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	439	370
Price now	$399
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	160 million
Core clock speed		475 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	31.55 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		986 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)