ATI Radeon X1050 AGP vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1050 AGP and ATI Radeon HD 3870 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1050 AGP

ATI Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1050 AGP

4.4x lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 106 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 106 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

3.1x more core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 250 MHz
12.4x more texture fill rate: 12.43 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 406 MHz

Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 406 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1050 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

Name	ATI Radeon X1050 AGP	ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark		552
PassMark - G2D Mark		57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1050 AGP	ATI Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	TeraScale
Code name	RV360	RV670
Launch date	25 November 2007	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1398
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	55 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	76 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		497.3 gflops
Pipelines		320
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	406 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR4