Switch GPU and Radeon X1950 XT - video card comparison
Switch GPU
Radeon X1950 XT
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name
GM20B
R580+
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2017
October 2006
Interface
IGP
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
768 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
20 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
2,000 million
384 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
-
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
96 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.29
10.00
Memory type
DDR4
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
3200 MHz
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
5.3
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
2.0
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A