ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP and ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP 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 XT AGP

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1406 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 96 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 96 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580+	RV535
Launch date	17 October 2006	15 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	330 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	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	45.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1406 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3