RTX A1000 Mobile vs Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 2900 PRO with RTX A1000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.
RTX A1000 Mobile outperforms ATI HD 2900 PRO by a whopping 1327% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 910 | 221 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Ampere (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | R600 | GA107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 December 2007 (16 years ago) | 30 March 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 320 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1140 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 720 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 95 Watt (35 - 95 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 72.96 |
| Floating-point performance | 384.0 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon HD 2900 PRO and RTX A1000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 176.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | no data | 8.6 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 4−5
−1525%
| 65
+1525%
|
| 1440p | 1−2
−2400%
| 25
+2400%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−1425%
|
61
+1425%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1400%
|
45−50
+1400%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4
−1567%
|
50
+1567%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6
−1420%
|
75−80
+1420%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−1467%
|
45−50
+1467%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1567%
|
50
+1567%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−1667%
|
50−55
+1667%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
−1425%
|
60−65
+1425%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−1357%
|
100−110
+1357%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−1433%
|
45−50
+1433%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7
−1417%
|
90−95
+1417%
|
| Metro Exodus | 5−6
−1420%
|
75−80
+1420%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−1450%
|
60−65
+1450%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
−1457%
|
109
+1457%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 4−5
−1450%
|
62
+1450%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1400%
|
45−50
+1400%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3
−1550%
|
33
+1550%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 5−6
−1420%
|
75−80
+1420%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−1467%
|
45−50
+1467%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1750%
|
37
+1750%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−1667%
|
50−55
+1667%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5
−1425%
|
60−65
+1425%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−1357%
|
100−110
+1357%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
−1433%
|
45−50
+1433%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7
−1417%
|
90−95
+1417%
|
| Metro Exodus | 5−6
−1420%
|
75−80
+1420%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−1450%
|
60−65
+1450%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
−1350%
|
87
+1350%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1600%
|
85
+1600%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 4−5
−1575%
|
65−70
+1575%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1400%
|
45−50
+1400%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−2400%
|
25
+2400%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4
−1467%
|
45−50
+1467%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1350%
|
29
+1350%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−1667%
|
50−55
+1667%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−1357%
|
100−110
+1357%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7
−1417%
|
90−95
+1417%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6
−1420%
|
76
+1420%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
−1333%
|
43
+1333%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2
−2500%
|
26
+2500%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−1450%
|
60−65
+1450%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−1367%
|
40−45
+1367%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−1500%
|
45−50
+1500%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−2300%
|
24−27
+2300%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−2100%
|
22
+2100%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−1450%
|
30−35
+1450%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 14−16 |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−1850%
|
35−40
+1850%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−1433%
|
45−50
+1433%
|
| Hitman 3 | 1−2
−2600%
|
27−30
+2600%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 3−4
−1467%
|
45−50
+1467%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
−1367%
|
40−45
+1367%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 3−4
−1567%
|
50−55
+1567%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−2700%
|
27−30
+2700%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2
−1600%
|
17
+1600%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−1800%
|
35−40
+1800%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−2200%
|
21−24
+2200%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−1700%
|
18−20
+1700%
|
| Hitman 3 | 1−2
−1700%
|
18−20
+1700%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−2500%
|
24−27
+2500%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1−2
−1500%
|
16−18
+1500%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−2400%
|
24−27
+2400%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 0−1 | 14−16 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 12−14 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 12−14 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 5−6 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 12−14 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−1500%
|
30−35
+1500%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−2500%
|
24−27
+2500%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−2100%
|
21−24
+2100%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 10−11 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
−1900%
|
20−22
+1900%
|
This is how ATI HD 2900 PRO and RTX A1000 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX A1000 Mobile is 1525% faster in 1080p
- RTX A1000 Mobile is 2400% faster in 1440p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.62 | 23.11 |
| Recency | 12 December 2007 | 30 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 95 Watt |
The RTX A1000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 2900 PRO in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon HD 2900 PRO is a desktop card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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