AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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: 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).

AMD Radeon Pro 580

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
18.6x more texture fill rate: 193.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 2000 MHz
51.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7753 vs 151
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7753

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

943

466

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	943	466
Geekbench - OpenCL	40323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	R500
Code name	Polaris 20	R580+
Launch date	5 June 2017	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	330	331
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2304
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4