ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R580+ | G98 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R580+ XT (215BAABKA31FG) | — |
| Architecture | R500 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 352 mm² | 86 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Sep 10th, 2006 | Jun 1st, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R500 PCIe | GeForce 9 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 144 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R400 PCIe | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | Radeon R600 | GeForce 200 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 540 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1000 MHz 2 Gbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1300 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR4 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 64.00 GB/s | 6.400 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 48 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 16 | 4 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 8 |
| SM count | — | 1 |
| Cache L2 | — | 16 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.40 GPixel/s | 2.160 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 1.300 GVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 10.40 GTexel/s | 2.160 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 20.80 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VHDCI | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | A988 | P561, P805 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 (full) 3.0 (partial) | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
