ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT vs ATI Radeon X600 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT and ATI Radeon X600 SE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

ATI Radeon X600 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 325 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 7.21 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 292 vs 49
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 229

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 November 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	601 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.21 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	292 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	344 vs 229

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 SE

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X600 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

292

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

344

229

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT	ATI Radeon X600 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	292	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	344	229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT	ATI Radeon X600 SE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 9
Code name	R600	RV370
Launch date	6 November 2007	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	801	802
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	601 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	7.21 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	720 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR