ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X800 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X800 XT 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 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon X800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	25 October 2006 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT

Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 66 Watt

Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt vs 66 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XT

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark		98
PassMark - G2D Mark		271

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R400
Code name	RV570	R423
Launch date	25 October 2006	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	653
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt	54 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	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	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3