AMD Radeon R9 M275X vs ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M275X and ATI Radeon X850 PRO 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, 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 R9 M275X

ATI Radeon X850 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 507 MHz
6.1x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 6.08 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: 4 GB vs 256 MB
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 1040 MHz
23.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1700 vs 73
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 January 2014 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 507 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 6.08 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz vs 1040 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1700 vs 73
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M275X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

157

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M275X	ATI Radeon X850 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1700	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	157
Geekbench - OpenCL	11041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	283.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	33.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	91.407
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1705

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M275X	ATI Radeon X850 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R400
Code name	Venus	R480
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	28 January 2014	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	1066	1063
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz	507 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	6.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	9.0b
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	33.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1040 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore