AMD Stream Processor vs ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Stream Processor and ATI Radeon X1900 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Stream Processor

ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Stream Processor

4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB

Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 594 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 9.5 GTexel / s
Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1296 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 9.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1296 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Stream Processor	ATI Radeon X1900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580	R580
Launch date	1 January 2006	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	594 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	9.5 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		242 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	41.5 GB / s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1296 MHz	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3