ATI Radeon X1950 GT vs RX 460 1024SP

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1343
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.33
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameBaffinRV570
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 January 2017 (7 years ago)29 January 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$140

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 cores1024no data
Core clock speed1090 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,000 million330 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt57 Watt
Texture fill rate76.806.000
Floating-point processing power2.458 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1612
TMUs6412

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
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slot1-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 width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth112.0 GB/s38.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2017 29 January 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 57 Watt

RX 460 1024SP has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X1950 GT, on the other hand, has 31.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 460 1024SP and Radeon X1950 GT. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
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