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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 920A | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 846 | 660 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 168 | 397 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 3693 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 920A | ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 241 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |