RTX A400 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition with RTX A400, including specs and performance data.

ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition
2006
512 MB GDDR4
0.39

RTX A400 outperforms ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition by a whopping 3010% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1258406
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.62
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameR580+GA107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date10 September 2006 (18 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year 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 coresno data768
Core clock speed650 MHz727 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1762 MHz
Number of transistors384 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate10.4042.29
Floating-point processing powerno data2.706 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1624
Tensor Coresno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data163 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s96 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 VHDCI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition 0.39
RTX A400 12.13
+3010%

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.

ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition 151
RTX A400 4674
+2995%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.39 12.13
Recency 10 September 2006 16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm

RTX A400 has a 3010.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 17 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A400 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition is a desktop card while RTX A400 is a workstation one.


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