AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 14 May 2007
Pipelines	512 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429
PassMark - G3D Mark		660
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	R600
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	949	408
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	512	320
Core clock speed		743 MHz
Floating-point performance		475.5 gflops
Texture fill rate		11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		215 Watt
Transistor count		720 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory clock speed		1656 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3