Radeon 890M vs ATI X1650 XT AGP

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated253
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data100.00
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)RDNA 3.5 (2024)
GPU code nameRV560Strix Point
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 October 2006 (18 years ago)15 July 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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed540 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2900 MHz
Number of transistors330 million34,000 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate4.320185.6
Floating-point processing powerno data5.939 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs864
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed680 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth21.76 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2006 15 July 2024
Chip lithography 80 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 15 Watt

Radeon 890M has an age advantage of 17 years, a 1900% more advanced lithography process, and 266.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1650 XT AGP and Radeon 890M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1650 XT AGP is a desktop card while Radeon 890M is a notebook one.


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