Radeon X1950 XTX and GeForce 7950 GT - video card comparison
Radeon X1950 XTX
GeForce 7950 GT
Architecture
R500 (2005−2007)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
R580+
G71
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2006
August 2006
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Core clock speed
650 MHz
550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
384 million
278 million
Power consumption (TDP)
125 Watt
65 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.40
13.20
Memory type
GDDR4
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
44.8 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