Radeon X1950 XT and GeForce 7900 GT - video card comparison
Radeon X1950 XT
GeForce 7900 GT
Architecture
R500 (2005−2007)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
R580+
G71
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2006
March 2006
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
625 MHz
450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
384 million
278 million
Power consumption (TDP)
96 Watt
48 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.00
10.80
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
1320 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
42.24 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0c (9_3)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.0
2.1
Shader Model
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A