AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1168 MHz vs 650 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 90 nm
3.5x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
50.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7657 vs 151
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 676 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 October 2018 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	1168 MHz vs 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7657 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	676 vs 466

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7657

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

676

466

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	7657	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	676	466
Geekbench - OpenCL	34598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	122.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1890.261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	625.621
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9258
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	849

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	R500
Code name	Polaris 20	R580+
Launch date	15 October 2018	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	358	357
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	384 million
Texture fill rate		10.4 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	2000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR4