AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
5.9x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
21.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3244 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244 vs 151

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 466 vs 426

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	466 vs 426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3244

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

466

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M470X	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	3244	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	466
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 X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Strato	R580+
Launch date	15 May 2016	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	459	328
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	384 million
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
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0