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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850A

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

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	507	508
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