ATI Radeon X1300 PRO vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1300 PRO 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.

ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 66 Watt

Launch date	1 November 2006 vs 1 October 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 66 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

2.9x more texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 84
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 318 vs 313

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark	318 vs 313

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1300 PRO
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

313

318

Name	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	84	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	313	318

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1300 PRO	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV516	RV570
Launch date	1 November 2006	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	550	539
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3