ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking163not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIRV570
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (9 years ago)10 January 2007 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

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 cores5120no data
Core clock speed1556 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHzno data
Number of transistors14400 Million330 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data130 Watt
Texture fill rateno data6.900 ×2
ROPsno data12 ×2
TMUsno data12 ×2

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data300 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB512 MB ×2
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed10000 MHz690 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data44.16 GB/s ×2
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_19.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2016 10 January 2007
Chip lithography 16 nm 80 nm

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL is a desktop one.

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