Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1 vs ATI X1650 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameRV560Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 October 2006 (18 years ago)31 January 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 data1536
Core clock speed525 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors330 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate4.20088.80
Floating-point processing powerno data2.842 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs896

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 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s240.0 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-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_1)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 October 2006 31 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 3 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 185 Watt

ATI X1650 XT has 236.4% lower power consumption.

HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1650 XT and Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 1. We've got no test results to judge.


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