AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1187 MHz vs 575 MHz
24449.3x more texture fill rate: 168.7 GTexel/s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 80 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1380 MHz

Launch date	4 Aug 2020 vs 1 October 2006
Core clock speed	1187 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	168.7 GTexel/s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1380 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Geekbench - OpenCL	43061
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
PassMark - G2D Mark		318

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	R500
Code name	Navi 14	RV570
Launch date	4 Aug 2020	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	511	510
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1757 MHz
Compute units	24
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	80 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	337.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.80 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.398 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1536
Pixel fill rate	56.22 GPixel/s
Render output units	32
Texture fill rate	168.7 GTexel/s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Width	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3