AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs ATI Radeon X1050

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950 and ATI Radeon X1050 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6950

ATI Radeon X1050

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
44x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 666 MHz
53.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2605 vs 49
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 245

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 7 December 2006
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2605 vs 49
PassMark - G2D Mark	440 vs 245

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1050

20.8x lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 500 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 500 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1050

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2605

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

245

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6950	ATI Radeon X1050
PassMark - G3D Mark	2605	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	245
Geekbench - OpenCL	6105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	899.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	49.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	11657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2523
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	11657
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6950	ATI Radeon X1050
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	Rage 9
Code name	Cayman	RV370
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	7 December 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	713	710
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	45.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,252.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1408
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt	24 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	107 million
Core clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	9.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Memory bandwidth		5.33 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire