AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 743 MHz
- 13x more texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
- 6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 215 Watt
- 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
- 4x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1656 MHz
- 12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8001 vs 660
- Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 725 vs 397
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 4 August 2016 vs 14 May 2007 |
Core clock speed | 926 MHz vs 743 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 154.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2048 vs 320 |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 215 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 6600 MHz vs 1656 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 8001 vs 660 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 725 vs 397 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
- 97x better floating-point performance: 475.5 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Floating-point performance | 475.5 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 8001 | 660 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 725 | 397 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 33844 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 111.543 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1817.005 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.511 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 99.875 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 511.362 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9983 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2443 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1674 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9983 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2443 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1674 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3675 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 4.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Ellesmere | R600 |
Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
Launch date | 4 August 2016 | 14 May 2007 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | $399 |
Place in performance rating | 384 | 381 |
Price now | $109.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 100.00 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1206 MHz | |
Compute units | 32 | |
Core clock speed | 926 MHz | 743 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 4.9 TFLOPs | 475.5 gflops |
GPU Power | 85-110 Watt | |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 2048 | 320 |
Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Texture fill rate | 154.4 GTexel / s | 11.89 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 215 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,700 million | 720 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | 241 mm |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 10.0 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 211 GB/s | 106.0 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 512 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6600 MHz | 1656 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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4K H264 Decode | ||
4K H264 Encode | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
CrossFire | ||
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
FreeSync | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
H265/HEVC Encode | ||
HDMI 2.0b | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
PowerTune | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
ZeroCore |