Radeon RX 5900 XT vs ATI X1950 XTX

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)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameR580+Navi 21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2006 (18 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 data4352
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1735 MHz
Number of transistors384 million21,000 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate10.40471.9
Floating-point processing powerno data15.1 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs16272

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 x16
Length230 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 8-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 typeGDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s672.0 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 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 300 Watt

ATI X1950 XTX has 140% lower power consumption.

RX 5900 XT, on the other hand, has a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 XTX and Radeon RX 5900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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