ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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) 7 month(s) later
- Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
- Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
- 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 628 vs 146
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 December 2007 vs 1 May 2006 |
Core clock speed | 600 MHz vs 575 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 9.6 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 628 vs 146 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT
- 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 200 Watt
- Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 397
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 409 vs 397 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | ATI Radeon X1900 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 628 | 146 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 397 | 409 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | ATI Radeon X1900 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | R500 |
Code name | R600 | R580 |
Launch date | 12 December 2007 | 1 May 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 386 | 387 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 575 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 384.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 320 | |
Texture fill rate | 9.6 GTexel / s | 6.9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 720 million | 384 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 | 1x 6-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 | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 118.4 GB / s | 38.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR4 | GDDR3 |