ATI Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition vs Pro WX 8100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | R580+ |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 December 2017 (8 years ago) | 19 January 2007 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $788 |
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 | 3584 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1200 MHz | 670 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 384 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 125 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 336.0 | 10.72 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.75 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 224 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 896 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 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 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 230 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | HBM2 | GDDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 67.2 GB/s |
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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VHDCI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 December 2017 | 19 January 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 125 Watt |
Pro WX 8100 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 543% more advanced lithography process.
ATI X1950 XTX Uber Edition, on the other hand, has 84% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro WX 8100 and Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Pro WX 8100 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition is a desktop one.
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