RTX A1000 vs ATI Radeon HD 2950 XTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated192
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data39.86
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV670GA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year 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 cores3202304
Core clock speed777 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1462 MHz
Number of transistors666 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate12.43105.3
Floating-point processing power0.4973 TFLOPS6.737 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1672
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length241 mm163 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1126 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.06 GB/s192.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 50 Watt

RTX A1000 has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 120% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2950 XTX and RTX A1000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 2950 XTX is a desktop card while RTX A1000 is a workstation one.


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