ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition vs Quadro P5000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	187	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.25	no data
Power efficiency	20.83	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	GP104	R580+
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	10 September 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,885	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	384 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	202.5	10.40
Floating-point processing power	6.48 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	16
TMUs	128	16

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

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	GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	64 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VHDCI
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	6.4	3.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 January 2017	10 September 2006
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	90 nm

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