ATI Radeon X1050 vs FirePro S9050
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro S9050 with Radeon X1050, including specs and performance data.
S9050 outperforms X1050 by a whopping 9667% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 450 | 1508 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.01 | 0.39 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Rage 9 (2003−2006) |
| GPU code name | Tahiti | RV370 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 August 2014 (11 years ago) | 7 December 2006 (19 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 cores | 1792 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 107 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 24 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 100.8 | 1.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.226 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 112 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 448 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | no data |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 254 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 333 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 264 GB/s | 5.328 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 Connectors | 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.72 | 0.12 |
| Recency | 7 August 2014 | 7 December 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 225 Watt | 24 Watt |
FirePro S9050 has a 9667% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 293% more advanced lithography process.
ATI X1050, on the other hand, has 838% lower power consumption.
The FirePro S9050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1050 in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro S9050 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon X1050 is a desktop one.
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