AMD Radeon R9 285 vs ATI Radeon X800 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 285 and ATI Radeon X800 SE 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 285

ATI Radeon X800 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 918 MHz vs 425 MHz
30.2x more texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
51.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6680 vs 130
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 384

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 September 2014 vs 4 October 2004
Core clock speed	918 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680 vs 130
PassMark - G2D Mark	597 vs 384

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 285
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6680

130

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

384

Name	AMD Radeon R9 285	ATI Radeon X800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	6680	130
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2778

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 285	ATI Radeon X800 SE
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R400
Code name	Tonga	R423
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	2 September 2014	4 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$249
Place in performance rating	442	445
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	918 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,290 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1792
Texture fill rate	102.8 GTexel / s	3.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	176.0 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)