Radeon X1900 XTX: specs and benchmarks
Summary
ATI started Radeon X1900 XTX sales 24 January 2006 at a recommended price of $399 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a R500 architecture and made with 90 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1.55 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 49.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 242 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 135 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Radeon X1900 XTX: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | R500 (2005−2007) | |
| GPU code name | R580 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 24 January 2006 (18 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Current price | $149 (0.4x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed specifications
Radeon X1900 XTX's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon X1900 XTX's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 135 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 10.40 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon X1900 XTX and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
| Length | 242 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon X1900 XTX: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1550 MBps | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 49.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon X1900 XTX. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Radeon X1900 XTX, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial) | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Radeon X1900 XTX according to our statistics.
