Playstation 3 RSX vs ATI Radeon X1800 XL

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	R500 (2005−2007)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	R520	RSX-CXD2991
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 October 2005 (19 years ago)	11 November 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.

Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	321 million	300 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	81 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.000	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	16	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 1.0 x16	IGP
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	N/A
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.0	ES 1.1
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2005	11 November 2006
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	81 Watt

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