GeForce RTX 5070 vs ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP
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 | R400 (2004−2008) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | R481 | GB205 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 28 February 2005 (19 years ago) | 2025 |
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 cores | no data | 6400 |
| Core clock speed | 540 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 160 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 0 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 67 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.640 | 504.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 32.26 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 200 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 200 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 50 |
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 | AGP 8x | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 1x 16-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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 590 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 37.76 GB/s | 120.0 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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 9.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 67 Watt | 220 Watt |
ATI X850 XT Platinum AGP has 228.4% lower power consumption.
RTX 5070, on the other hand, has a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP and GeForce RTX 5070. 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.
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