ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP vs ATI X1950 PRO DUAL

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)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameRV570R481
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 January 2007 (17 years ago)4 September 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 $279

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.

Core clock speed575 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors330 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.9006.000
ROPs1212
TMUs1212

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 x16AGP 8x
Length300 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x Molex

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed690 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth44.16 GB/s32 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 VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2007 4 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 130 nm

ATI X1950 PRO DUAL has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

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