NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
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
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Launch date	2 April 2007 vs 1 October 2006
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 66 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

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

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark		113
PassMark - G2D Mark		318

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G71	RV570
Launch date	2 April 2007	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	539
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	330 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	1x Molex	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3