ATI Radeon X1950 PRO vs 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking873not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.94no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameBanksRV570
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2006 (18 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 cores320no data
Core clock speed1030 MHz575 MHz
Number of transistors690 million330 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt66 Watt
Texture fill rate20.606.900
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs2012

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 3.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz690 MHz
Memory bandwidth36 GB/s44.16 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Radeon 520 787
+603%
ATI X1950 PRO 112

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2017 1 October 2006
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 66 Watt

Radeon 520 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 32% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 520 and Radeon X1950 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 520 is a notebook card while Radeon X1950 PRO is a desktop one.


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