Radeon Vega 7 vs ATI HD 2900 PRO

Place in the ranking	957	533
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Power efficiency	0.56	11.44
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	R600	Cezanne
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 December 2007 (17 years ago)	13 April 2021 (3 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	320	448
Core clock speed	600 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1900 MHz
Number of transistors	720 million	9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.600	53.20
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS	1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	16	28

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	IGP
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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	6.4
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

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	5−6 −360%	23 +360%
1440p	5−6 −400%	25 +400%
4K	3−4 −400%	15 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Elden Ring	14 +0%	14 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	29 +0%	29 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 +0%	27 +0%
Valorant	29 +0%	29 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Dota 2	17 +0%	17 +0%
Elden Ring	16 +0%	16 +0%
Far Cry 5	28 +0%	28 +0%
Fortnite	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24 +0%	24 +0%
Metro Exodus	15 +0%	15 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	46 +0%	46 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Valorant	14 +0%	14 +0%
World of Tanks	58 +0%	58 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21 +0%	21 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	25 +0%	25 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Elden Ring	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
World of Tanks	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Elden Ring	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Fortnite	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

This is how ATI HD 2900 PRO and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

Vega 7 is 360% faster in 1080p
Vega 7 is 400% faster in 1440p
Vega 7 is 400% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 50 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.63	7.48
Recency	12 December 2007	13 April 2021
Chip lithography	80 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	45 Watt

Vega 7 has a 358.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process, and 344.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega 7 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 Radeon Vega 7 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.