ATI Radeon X1950 XT vs ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 XT and ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI 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

ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
4.9x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 366 MHz

Launch date	17 October 2006 vs 14 March 2004
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 366 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI

54.9x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 96 Watt

Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 96 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 XT	ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 6
Code name	R580+	RV100
Launch date	17 October 2006	14 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR