AMD Radeon R5 Graphics vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 Graphics 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, 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 12.13 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4.4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 66 Watt

Launch date	31 May 2016 vs 1 October 2006
Texture fill rate	12.13 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 66 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

2.9x more core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Name	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Geekbench - OpenCL	2981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.331
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	119.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	42.459
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1915
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	966
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1363
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1915
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
PassMark - G2D Mark		318

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Wani	RV570
Launch date	31 May 2016	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	1551	539
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	388.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	256
Texture fill rate	12.13 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	2,410 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1380 MHz