GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP

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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)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameRV570GP104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 February 2007 (17 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 data2560
Core clock speed500 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1733 MHz
Number of transistors330 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)57 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate6.000277.3
Floating-point processing powerno data8.873 TFLOPS
ROPs1264
TMUs12160

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x Molex1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s352.3 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, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 February 2007 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 57 Watt 180 Watt

ATI X1950 GT AGP has 215.8% lower power consumption.

GTX 1080 11Gbps, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 GT AGP and GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.


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ATI Radeon X1950 GT AGP
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