ATI Radeon X1950 PRO vs GeForce 8500 GT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8500 GT and Radeon X1950 PRO, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

8500 GT
2007
256 MB GDDR3, 30 Watt
0.37
+27.6%

8500 GT outperforms ATI X1950 PRO by a significant 28% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12701337
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.850.30
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG86RV570
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)1 October 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

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 cores16no data
Core clock speed459 MHz575 MHz
Number of transistors210 million330 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt66 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6726.900
Floating-point processing power0.02938 TFLOPSno data
ROPs412
TMUs812

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
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz690 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s44.16 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-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL2.12.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8500 GT 0.37
+27.6%
ATI X1950 PRO 0.29

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.

8500 GT 144
+28.6%
ATI X1950 PRO 112

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 0.37 0.29
Recency 17 April 2007 1 October 2006
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 66 Watt

8500 GT has a 27.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 months, and 120% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 8500 GT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1950 PRO in performance tests.


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