ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP vs GeForce 9800 GTX+

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1108	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Power efficiency	0.64	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	G92B	RV570
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 January 2009 (17 years ago)	10 February 2007 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	738 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	330 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	57 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	47.23	6.000
Floating-point processing power	0.47 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	12
TMUs	64	12
L2 Cache	64 KB	no data

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	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x Molex
SLI options	+	-

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	1100 MHz	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB/s	38.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

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

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D 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	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 January 2009	10 February 2007
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	141 Watt	57 Watt