Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition vs X1950 XT

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	R500 (2005−2007)	Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name	R580+	R360
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 October 2006 (17 years ago)	14 March 2004 (20 years ago)
Current price	$159	no data

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.

Core clock speed	625 MHz	412 MHz
Number of transistors	384 million	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.00	3.296

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP Pro 8x
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	730 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	23.36 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

2x DVI

API support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	9.0
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	17 October 2006	14 March 2004
Chip lithography	90 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	60 Watt

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