AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and ATI Radeon HD 2900 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 6.4x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
- 2.8x more pipelines: 896 vs 320
- 5.1x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 384.0 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
- 3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
- 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 628
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 397
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 15 May 2016 vs 12 December 2007 |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 896 vs 320 |
Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops vs 384.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3244 vs 628 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 426 vs 397 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 M470X | ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3244 | 628 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 426 | 397 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 57109 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R9 M470X | ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Strato | R600 |
Launch date | 15 May 2016 | 12 December 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 461 | 379 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 600 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops | 384.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 896 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s | 9.6 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 2,080 million | 720 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Length | 241 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 96 GB / s | 118.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR4 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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DirectCompute 5.0 |