AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Vega 9

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.4x more pipelines: 576 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 344
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1591 vs 292

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 6 November 2007
Pipelines	576 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	409 vs 344
PassMark - G3D Mark	1591 vs 292

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2648 vs 2482
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2648 vs 2482

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2648 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2648 vs 2482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

409

344

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1591

292

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

2648

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 9	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	409	344
PassMark - G3D Mark	1591	292
Geekbench - OpenCL	9870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2482	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2482	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 9	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	TeraScale
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	R600
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	812	777
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	576	240
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4500 million	720 million
Core clock speed		601 MHz
Floating-point performance		288.48 gflops
Texture fill rate		7.21 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	Yes
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin