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
GPU 1
GPU 2
1050
113
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
551
318
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 9.0c
OpenGL 4.6 2.0

Memory

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