Radeon R5 A255 vs ATI X1950 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1417not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.32no data
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameRV570Topaz
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2006 (19 years ago)2014 (12 years 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 data384
Core clock speed575 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speedno data940 MHz
Number of transistors330 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)66 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.90022.56
ROPs128
TMUs1224

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 3.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed690 MHz4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth44.16 GB/s64 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_0)
Shader Model3.06.5
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 28 nm

R5 A255 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 186% more advanced lithography process.

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