ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP vs ATI FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP and ATI FireGL V3200 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 X1950 GT AGP

ATI FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz

Launch date	10 February 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 700 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3200

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 46 Watt vs 57 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	46 Watt vs 57 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3200

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP	ATI FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark		85
PassMark - G2D Mark		236

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP	ATI FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV570	RV380
Launch date	10 February 2007	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	778
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt	46 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR