Radeon R7 M265DX vs ATI HD 2900 GT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 2900 GT with Radeon R7 M265DX, including specs and performance data.

ATI HD 2900 GT
2007
256 MB GDDR3, 150 Watt
0.76

R7 M265DX outperforms ATI HD 2900 GT by an impressive 70% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking11551033
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.35no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameR600Topaz
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 November 2007 (17 years ago)12 October 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores240384
Core clock speed601 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speedno data940 MHz
Number of transistors720 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rate7.21222.56
Floating-point processing power0.2885 TFLOPS0.7219 TFLOPS
ROPs128
TMUs1224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.3
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 2900 GT 0.76
R7 M265DX 1.29
+69.7%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 2900 GT 292
R7 M265DX 498
+70.5%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.76 1.29
Recency 6 November 2007 12 October 2014
Chip lithography 80 nm 28 nm

R7 M265DX has a 69.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 M265DX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2900 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 2900 GT is a desktop card while Radeon R7 M265DX is a notebook one.


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