NVIDIA GeForce 920A vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920A and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 6.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 215 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1656 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 846 vs 660
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 846 vs 660

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 743 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 11.89 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 475.5 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 397 vs 168
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 743 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 11.89 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 475.5 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 397 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
846
660
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
168
397
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920A ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 846 660
PassMark - G2D Mark 168 397
Geekbench - OpenCL 3693

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920A ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GK208B R600
Launch date 13 March 2015 14 May 2007
Place in performance rating 1143 377
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Technical info

Core clock speed 575 MHz 743 MHz
Floating-point performance 441.6 gflops 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 320
Texture fill rate 9.2 GTexel / s 11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 215 Watt
Transistor count 720 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1656 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3