ATI Radeon X1650 XT vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 XT and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon X1650 XT

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 XT

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 66 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 66 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 525 MHz
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 XT	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV560	RV570
Launch date	30 October 2006	25 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	525 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	330 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3