AMD Radeon HD 6950 vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950 and ATI Radeon X1650 PRO 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 X1650 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
29.3x more texture fill rate: 70.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
30.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2605 vs 85
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 440 vs 241

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 December 2010 vs 23 August 2006
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2605 vs 85
PassMark - G2D Mark	440 vs 241

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

11.4x lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2605

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

440

241

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6950	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	2605	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	440	241
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 X1650 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 3	R500
Code name	Cayman	RV535
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	14 December 2010	23 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	713	716
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	80 nm
Pipelines	1408
Texture fill rate	70.4 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	500 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	2,640 million	330 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 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	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory bandwidth		22.4 GB / s
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire