ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 375 MHz
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 6.9 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	25 October 2006 vs 2 February 2006
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
PassMark - G2D Mark		199
PassMark - G3D Mark		177

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV570	G71
Launch date	25 October 2006	2 February 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	899
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	278 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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3