AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X 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: 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M470X

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 743 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 896 vs 320
4.1x better floating-point performance: 1,971 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
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 660
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

397

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	660
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 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Strato	R600
Launch date	15 May 2016	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	459	375
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	896	320
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	720 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		215 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0