AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 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, 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 RX 470 (Desktop)

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 926 MHz vs 650 MHz
14.8x more texture fill rate: 154.4 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
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 2000 MHz
53.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8021 vs 151
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 728 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	926 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8021 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	728 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8021

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

728

466

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8021	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	728	466
Geekbench - OpenCL	34446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3697

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	R500
Code name	Ellesmere	R580+
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	369	328
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	100.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore