AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 600 MHz
14.3x more texture fill rate: 137.5 GTexel / s vs 9.6 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 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 12 December 2007
Core clock speed	926 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

78.4x better floating-point performance: 384.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Geekbench - OpenCL	34588
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	3699
PassMark - G3D Mark		628
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Ellesmere	R600
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	12 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99
Place in performance rating	482	379
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	384.0 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	118.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
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