GeForce RTX 5090 D vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition and GeForce RTX 5090 D, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition
2006
512 MB GDDR4
0.38

RTX 5090 D outperforms ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition by a whopping 26216% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12791
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data12.30
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameR580+GB202
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2006 (18 years ago)30 January 2025 (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 data21760
Core clock speed650 MHz2017 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2407 MHz
Number of transistors384 million92,200 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data575 Watt
Texture fill rate10.401,637
Floating-point processing powerno data104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs16176
TMUs16680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR4GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount512 MB32 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s1.79 TB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VHDCI1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK 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/A1.4
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition 0.38
RTX 5090 D 100.00
+26216%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition 151
RTX 5090 D 40054
+26426%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.38 100.00
Recency 10 September 2006 30 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 32 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm

RTX 5090 D has a 26215.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 18 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition in performance tests.

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