AMD Radeon Sky 500 vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 500 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 - 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 Sky 500

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 575 MHz
11x more texture fill rate: 76 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
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
41.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4709 vs 113
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 March 2013 vs 1 October 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4709 vs 113
PassMark - G2D Mark	572 vs 318

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4709

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

572

318

Name	AMD Radeon Sky 500	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	4709	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	572	318
Geekbench - OpenCL	74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5116

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Sky 500	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Pitcairn	RV570
Launch date	27 March 2013	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	518	515
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	950 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	76 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort count	1
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	154 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3