GeForce 7950 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | RV730 | G71 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 September 2008 (16 years ago) | 2 April 2007 (17 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 | 320 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 278 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 118 Watt | 65 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 24.00 | 12.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.48 gflops | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x Molex |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | 38.4 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 Connectors | 4x DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 September 2008 | 2 April 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 118 Watt | 65 Watt |
ATI HD 4670 X2 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 63.6% more advanced lithography process.
7950 GT AGP, on the other hand, has 81.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4670 X2 and GeForce 7950 GT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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