ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X1950 XT 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 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X1950 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV570	R580+
Launch date	25 October 2006	17 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x Molex	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3