ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition vs ATI X1950 GT AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameRV570R423
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 February 2007 (17 years ago)1 December 2004 (20 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 speed500 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors330 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)57 Watt54 Watt
Texture fill rate6.0007.600
ROPs1216
TMUs1216

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xAGP Pro 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x MolexNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s32 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 February 2007 1 December 2004
Chip lithography 80 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 57 Watt 54 Watt

ATI X1950 GT AGP has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X800 XT Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 5.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 GT AGP and Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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