NVIDIA CMP 50HX vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 50HX and ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA CMP 50HX

ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 50HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 600 MHz
30895.8x more texture fill rate: 296.6 GTexel/s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
11.2x more pipelines: 3584 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 80 nm
20x more maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 512 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	24 Jun 2021 vs 12 December 2007
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 50HX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Name	NVIDIA CMP 50HX	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Geekbench - OpenCL	52254
PassMark - G3D Mark		628
PassMark - G2D Mark		397

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 50HX	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	TeraScale
Code name	TU102	R600
Launch date	24 Jun 2021	12 December 2007
Place in performance rating	404	407
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	3584	320
Pixel fill rate	123.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	18600 million	720 million
Floating-point performance		384.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	116 mm, 4.6 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	10 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	560.0 GB/s	118.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR4