ATI Radeon X1950 GT vs ATI Radeon X800 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 GT and ATI Radeon X800 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1950 GT

ATI Radeon X800 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 5.7 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 65
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 279 vs 190

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 January 2007 vs 1 May 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 5.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 65
PassMark - G2D Mark	279 vs 190

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 PRO

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 57 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 57 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

279

190

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 GT	ATI Radeon X800 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	106	65
PassMark - G2D Mark	279	190
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2517

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 GT	ATI Radeon X800 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	RV570	R423
Launch date	29 January 2007	1 May 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$140
Place in performance rating	944	945
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	5.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt	48 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x Molex
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	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3