Radeon RX 5300 XT vs ATI HD 2900 GT
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1230 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.36 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | R600 | Navi 14 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 November 2007 (18 years ago) | 7 October 2019 (6 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 cores | 240 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 601 MHz | 1670 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1845 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 720 million | 6,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 7.212 | 118.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2885 TFLOPS | 3.779 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 12 | 32 |
| TMUs | 12 | 64 |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 November 2007 | 7 October 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 7 nm |
RX 5300 XT has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1043% more advanced lithography process.
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