Radeon 780M vs HD 2900 XT

Place in performance ranking	891	283
Place by popularity	not in top-100	57
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	R600	Phoenix
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	14 May 2007 (17 years ago)	5 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

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	768
Core clock speed	743 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	3000 MHz
Number of transistors	720 million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	54 Watt (35 - 54 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	11.89	139.2
Floating-point performance	475.5 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 2900 XT and Radeon 780M 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.

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 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	512 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	106.0 GB/s	no data
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	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 XT 1.71

Radeon 780M 18.35
+973%

780M outperforms HD 2900 XT by 973% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 2900 XT 659

Radeon 780M 7087
+975%

780M outperforms HD 2900 XT by 975% in Passmark.

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	3−4 −1100%	36 +1100%
1440p	1−2 −2000%	21 +2000%
4K	1−2 −1300%	14 +1300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−926%

400−450
+926%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −872%	350−400 +872%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −900%	600−650 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −846%	350−400 +846%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 −868%	300−310 +868%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −947%	450−500 +947%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −920%	500−550 +920%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −971%	900−950 +971%
Hitman 3	35−40 −872%	350−400 +872%
Horizon Zero Dawn	97 −931%	1000−1050 +931%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −966%	650−700 +966%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −880%	500−550 +880%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	64 −916%	650−700 +916%
Watch Dogs: Legion	41 −876%	400−450 +876%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −872%	350−400 +872%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −900%	600−650 +900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −846%	350−400 +846%
Cyberpunk 2077	24 −942%	250−260 +942%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −947%	450−500 +947%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −920%	500−550 +920%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −971%	900−950 +971%
Hitman 3	35−40 −872%	350−400 +872%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 −927%	750−800 +927%
Metro Exodus	21 −948%	220−230 +948%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −880%	500−550 +880%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	53 −938%	550−600 +938%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	46 −878%	450−500 +878%
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60 −971%	600−650 +971%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −872%	350−400 +872%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −846%	350−400 +846%
Cyberpunk 2077	23 −943%	240−250 +943%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −947%	450−500 +947%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −971%	900−950 +971%
Horizon Zero Dawn	53 −938%	550−600 +938%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	46 −878%	450−500 +878%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 −934%	300−310 +934%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18 −956%	190−200 +956%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
−880%

500−550

+880%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −900%	350−400 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −872%	350−400 +872%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −953%	200−210 +953%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −963%	170−180 +963%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −943%	240−250 +943%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Far Cry 5	27 −937%	280−290 +937%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −872%	350−400 +872%
Hitman 3	21−24 −945%	230−240 +945%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −846%	350−400 +846%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −929%	350−400 +929%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32 −838%	300−310 +838%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 −950%	210−220 +950%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −900%	120−130 +900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

−900%

300−310
+900%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −956%	190−200 +956%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −971%	150−160 +971%
Hitman 3	14−16 −971%	150−160 +971%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −950%	210−220 +950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −900%	120−130 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15 −967%	160−170 +967%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −956%	95−100 +956%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −900%	100−105 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −940%	260−270 +940%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −950%	210−220 +950%
Metro Exodus	16−18 −959%	180−190 +959%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −971%	75−80 +971%