AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition and ATI FireGL X1-256 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, 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 M370X Mac Edition

ATI FireGL X1-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 325 MHz
12.3x more texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
7.3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 620 MHz
26.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1560 vs 59
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 354 vs 167

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1560 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark	354 vs 167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1560

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

354

167

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition	ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G3D Mark	1560	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	354	167
Geekbench - OpenCL	9643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	516.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	32.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	111.138
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3326

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition	ATI FireGL X1-256
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 8
Code name	Tropo	R300
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1028	1025
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	775 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	110 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		37 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR