ATI Radeon X1950 XTX vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 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 XTX

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 10.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 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
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 125 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 XTX	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580+	RV535
Launch date	17 October 2006	15 October 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	230 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	GDDR3