ATI FireGL X3-256 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP

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Graphics Processor

GPU model R420 G71
GPU variant R420 GL G71-GT2-H-N-A2
Architecture R400 Curie
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 130 nm 90 nm
Number of transistors 160 million 278 million
Die size 281 mm² 196 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Aug 3rd, 2004 Apr 2nd, 2007
Generation FireGL GeForce 7 AGP
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Launch price 1,099 USD
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Reviews 226 in our database 96 in our database
Predecessor GeForce 6 AGP
Successor GeForce 8

Clocks

GPU clock 491 MHz 500 MHz
Memory clock 454 MHz 908 Mbps effective 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 256 MB 512 MB
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 29.06 GB/s 38.40 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 12 24
Vertex shaders 6 8
TMUs 12 24
ROPs 12 16

Performance

Pixel rate 5.892 GPixel/s 8.000 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 736.5 MVertices/s 1.000 GVertices/s
Texture rate 5.892 GTexel/s 12.00 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
TDP 57 W 65 W
Suggested PSU 250 W 250 W
Outputs 2x DVI1x S-Video 2x DVI1x S-Video
Power connectors 1x Molex 1x Molex
Board number A301-01 P168

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0b (9_2) 9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL 2.1 2.1
OpenCL
Vulkan
Pixel shader 2.0b
Vertex shader 2.0b
Shader model 3.0

Other Features

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