NVIDIA GeForce 800M vs ATI Radeon X1950 XT

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated1021
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.02
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameR580+GF117
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2006 (17 years old)17 March 2014 (10 years old)
Current price$159 $163
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data48
Core clock speed625 MHz738 MHz
Number of transistors384 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate10.005.904
Floating-point performanceno data141.7 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s14.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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-VideoNo outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boostno data2.0
Optimusno data+
GameWorksno data+

API support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.04.5
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 17 October 2006 17 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 96 Watt 15 Watt

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