ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon X1650 AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP and ATI Radeon X1650 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 X1950 GT AGP

ATI Radeon X1650 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP

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 90 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP	ATI Radeon X1650 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV570	RV530
Launch date	10 February 2007	1 February 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	2x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2