ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
- Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 990 MHz
- 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 628 vs 141
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 December 2007 vs 1 March 2006 |
Core clock speed | 600 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 9.6 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 990 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 628 vs 141 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 415 vs 397
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 415 vs 397 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 628 | 141 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 397 | 415 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | R500 |
Code name | R600 | R520 |
Launch date | 12 December 2007 | 1 March 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 386 | 383 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 500 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 384.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 320 | |
Texture fill rate | 9.6 GTexel / s | 6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | |
Transistor count | 720 million | 321 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 118.4 GB / s | 31.7 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 990 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR4 | GDDR3 |