Radeon RX 470D vs ATI X1950 XT

VS

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)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameR580+Ellesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2006 (18 years ago)21 October 2016 (8 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 coresno data1792
Core clock speed625 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1206 MHz
Number of transistors384 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate10.00135.1
Floating-point processing powerno data4.322 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs16112

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s211.2 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-Video1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_0)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 October 2006 21 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 96 Watt 120 Watt

ATI X1950 XT has 25% lower power consumption.

RX 470D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 XT and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


ATI Radeon X1950 XT
Radeon X1950 XT
AMD Radeon RX 470D
Radeon RX 470D

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.1 25 votes

Rate Radeon X1950 XT on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.6 121 vote

Rate Radeon RX 470D on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.