ATI Radeon X1950 XT AGP vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 693 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.01 | no data |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | Broadway-XT | R580+ |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 17 October 2006 (19 years ago) |
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 | 1600 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 384 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 96 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 10.00 |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x1 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 703 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 44.99 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | no data | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | no data | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | no data | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 17 October 2006 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 96 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
ATI X1950 XT AGP, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon X1950 XT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Radeon X1950 XT AGP is a desktop one.
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