ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory 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 X300 SE HyperMemory

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Around 77% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 325 MHz
5.3x more texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 600 MHz

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 66 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 66 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV570	RV370
Launch date	25 October 2006	25 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	107 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.2 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR