ATI Radeon X1950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R580+ | G96C |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R580+ XT (215BAABKA31FG) | N10P-GV2 |
| Architecture | R500 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 352 mm² | 121 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 17th, 2006 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R500 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 144 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R400 PCIe | — |
| Successor | Radeon R600 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 625 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 57.60 GB/s | 25.60 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 48 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Shading units | — | 32 |
| SM count | — | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.00 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 1.250 GVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 10.00 GTexel/s | 8.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 80.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 96 W | 14 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 15th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 300M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-II |
| Reviews | — | 2 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 200M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 400M |
