ATI Radeon X1950 XT vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	69	not rated
Place by popularity	46	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	21.16	no data
Power efficiency	13.38	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	GP102	R580+
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 March 2017 (7 years ago)	17 October 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	3584	no data
Core clock speed	1481 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	11,800 million	384 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	96 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	91 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	354.4	10.00
Floating-point processing power	11.34 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	88	16
TMUs	224	16

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 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 type	GDDR5X	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	352 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1376 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	484.4 GB/s	57.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.4	3.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 March 2017	17 October 2006
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	96 Watt

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