AMD Radeon R9 M365X vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M365X 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 M365X

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M365X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 743 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.5x better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 397
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1482 vs 660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	446 vs 397
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M365X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

446

397

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1482

660

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	36410
PassMark - G2D Mark	446	397
PassMark - G3D Mark	1482	660

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M365X	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tropo	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	380	381
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	720 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		215 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore