GeForce 7950 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1385not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.21no data
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameR480G71
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 December 2004 (20 years ago)2 April 2007 (17 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 speed540 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors160 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)67 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate8.64012.00
ROPs1616
TMUs1624

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 x16AGP 8x
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x Molex

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 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed590 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth37.76 GB/s38.4 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 VGA, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL2.02.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 December 2004 2 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 67 Watt 65 Watt

7950 GT AGP has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 3.1% lower power consumption.

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