ATI Radeon X1300 vs ATI X1950 XTX

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1419
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameR580+RV515
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2006 (18 years ago)1 December 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 speed650 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors384 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.401.800
ROPs164
TMUs164

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 1.0 x16
Length230 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR4DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s8 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)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model3.03.0
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 October 2006 1 December 2005
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB

ATI X1950 XTX has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 XTX and Radeon X1300. We've got no test results to judge.


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