AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 730 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 18.72 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
Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 66 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 359 vs 318
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1000 vs 113

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 1 October 2006
Core clock speed	730 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 66 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	359 vs 318
PassMark - G3D Mark	1000 vs 113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

359

318

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1000

113

Name	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G2D Mark	359	318
PassMark - G3D Mark	1000	113
Geekbench - OpenCL	24076

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Oland	RV570
Launch date	5 May 2015	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	506	508
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3