ATI Radeon X1600 XT Dual vs GeForce RTX 3090

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	37	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	19.74	no data
Power efficiency	13.95	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code name	GA102	RV530
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2020 (5 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	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	10496	no data
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	590 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	28,300 million	157 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	556.0	2.360
Floating-point processing power	35.58 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	112	4
TMUs	328	4
Tensor Cores	328	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	82	no data
L1 Cache	10.3 MB	no data
L2 Cache	6 MB	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 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	336 mm	no data
Width	3-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x Molex

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	GDDR6X	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1219 MHz	1380 MBps
Memory bandwidth	936.2 GB/s	22.08 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	+	-

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.5	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.5	-
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	90 nm

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