ATI Radeon X1600 SE vs GeForce RTX 4070
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 30 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 41 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 62.43 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 24.49 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | AD104 | RV515 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 April 2023 (2 years ago) | 2007 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | 5888 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1920 MHz | 635 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2475 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 35,800 million | 107 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 27 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 455.4 | 2.540 |
| Floating-point processing power | 29.15 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 4 |
| TMUs | 184 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 46 | 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 | 240 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | None |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1313 MHz | 500 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 504.2 GB/s | 8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
| 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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 27 Watt |
RTX 4070 has a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.
ATI X1600 SE, on the other hand, has 640.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 and Radeon X1600 SE. We've got no test results to judge.
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