ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 575 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 575 MHz
Memory clock speed	1406 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 13.8 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 96 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Texture fill rate	13.8 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 96 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Name	ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		264
PassMark - G2D Mark		283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		951
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		951

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	R580+	G71
Launch date	17 October 2006	12 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1051
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Pipelines		24
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	45.0 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	1406 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II