ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO vs ATI Radeon X800 GT
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO and ATI Radeon X800 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 26% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 475 MHz
- 2.5x more texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
- Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 986 MHz
- 7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 628 vs 84
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 December 2007 vs 1 November 2005 |
Core clock speed | 600 MHz vs 475 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 9.6 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 986 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 628 vs 84 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT
- 5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 200 Watt
- Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 423 vs 397
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 40 Watt vs 200 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 423 vs 397 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
|
|
||||
PassMark - G2D Mark |
|
|
Name | ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | ATI Radeon X800 GT |
---|---|---|
PassMark - G3D Mark | 628 | 84 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 397 | 423 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO | ATI Radeon X800 GT | |
---|---|---|
Essentials |
||
Architecture | TeraScale | R400 |
Code name | R600 | R430 |
Launch date | 12 December 2007 | 1 November 2005 |
Place in performance rating | 379 | 370 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
||
Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 475 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 384.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 320 | |
Texture fill rate | 9.6 GTexel / s | 3.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 200 Watt | 40 Watt |
Transistor count | 720 million | 160 million |
Video outputs and ports |
||
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
||
Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
API support |
||
DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
||
Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 118.4 GB / s | 31.55 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 986 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR4 | DDR |