ATI Radeon X1950 PRO vs GeForce 9600 GSO 512

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	1137	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	G94	RV570
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 October 2008 (15 years ago)	1 October 2006 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	no data
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	575 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	330 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	66 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.60	6.900

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	2-way	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	44.16 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIHDTV	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	4.0	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 October 2008	1 October 2006
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	66 Watt

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