ATI Radeon X1650 GTO vs Pro 5500 XT

Place in the ranking	258	1395
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	11.79	no data
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	Navi 14	RV530
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)	2 December 2007 (17 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	1536	no data
Core clock speed	1187 MHz	587 MHz
Boost clock speed	1757 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,400 million	157 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	168.7	2.348
Floating-point processing power	5.398 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	96	4

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 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR6	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	392 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	12.54 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	-	+

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	6.5	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro 5500 XT 21.40
+11163%

ATI X1650 GTO 0.19

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro 5500 XT 8231
+11023%

ATI X1650 GTO 74

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	21.40	0.19
Recency	4 August 2020	2 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	90 nm

Pro 5500 XT has a 11163.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro 5500 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1650 GTO in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 5500 XT is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X1650 GTO is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.