RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs ATI Radeon X1700 SE

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated29
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data34.45
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameRV560AD104
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date30 November 2007 (16 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 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 data6144
Core clock speed500 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2175 MHz
Number of transistors330 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate4.000417.6
Floating-point processing powerno data26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs880
TMUs8192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data245 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB20 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s360.0 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.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.8
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 November 2007 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 20 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 130 Watt

ATI X1700 SE has 160% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 3900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1700 SE and RTX 4000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1700 SE is a desktop card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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