NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 57% higher core clock speed: 902 MHz vs 575 MHz
- 5.4x more texture fill rate: 37.44 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 66 Watt
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
- 9.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1050 vs 113
- Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 551 vs 318
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 17 March 2014 vs 1 October 2006 |
Core clock speed | 902 MHz vs 575 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 37.44 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 66 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 1050 vs 113 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 551 vs 318 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 1050 | 113 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 551 | 318 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3857 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3857 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2957 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2957 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Maxwell | R500 |
Code name | GM107 | RV570 |
Launch date | 17 March 2014 | 1 October 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 514 | 512 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 936 MHz | |
Core clock speed | 902 MHz | 575 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,198 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 640 | |
Texture fill rate | 37.44 GTexel / s | 6.9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 66 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | 330 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB / s | 44.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1380 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |