ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	25 October 2006 vs 6 August 2006
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 66 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 66 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		348
PassMark - G2D Mark		153

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV570	G71
Launch date	25 October 2006	6 August 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1066
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$114.95
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	278 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	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.2 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3