ATI Radeon X1950 PRO vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking580not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.89no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameVega RenoirRV570
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed400 MHz575 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data330 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt66 Watt
Texture fill rateno data6.900
ROPsno data12
TMUsno data12

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data690 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data44.16 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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_19.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2020 1 October 2006
Chip lithography 7 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 66 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process, and 340% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon X1950 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon X1950 PRO is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
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