RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated72
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data81.28
Power efficiencyno data45.60
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameR481AD107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date28 February 2005 (19 years ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 data2816
Core clock speed520 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2130 MHz
Number of transistors160 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)69 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate8.320187.4
Floating-point processing powerno data12 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs1688
Tensor Coresno data88
Ray Tracing Coresno data22

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data168 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x MolexNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed540 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth34.56 GB/s256.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 February 2005 12 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 69 Watt 70 Watt

ATI X850 XT AGP has 1.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 2000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 18 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X850 XT AGP and RTX 2000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X850 XT AGP is a desktop card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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