NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL vs ATI FireGL 9700 X1-256p
What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL and ATI FireGL 9700 X1-256p. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| NV28 | GPU Name | R300 |
| NV28GL A2 | Model number | R300 GL |
| Kelvin | Architecture | Rage 8 |
| TSMC | Foundry | TSMC |
| 150 nm | Process Size | 150 nm |
| 36 million | Transistors | 110 million |
| 101 mm² | Die Size | 215 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Nov 12th, 2002 | Release Date | Jul 1st, 2002 |
| Quadro4 XGL (x80) | Family | FireGL (9000) |
| End-of-life | Production | End-of-life |
| AGP 8x | Bus Interface | AGP Pro 8x |
Memory
| 128 MB | Memory Size | 256 MB |
| DDR | Memory Type | DDR |
| 128 bit | Memory Bus | 256 bit |
| 10.40 GB/s | Bandwidth | 17.66 GB/s |
Performance
| 1.200 GPixel/s | Pixel fillrate | 2.592 GPixel/s |
| 150.0 MVertices/s | Vertex fillrate | 324.0 MVertices/s |
| 2.400 GTexel/s | Texture fillrate | 2.592 GTexel/s |
Clock Speeds
| 325 MHz 650 Mbps effective | Memory Clock | 276 MHz 552 Mbps effective |
| 300 MHz | GPU Clock | 324 MHz |
Render Config
| 8 | TMUs | 8 |
| 4 | ROPs | 8 |
| 4 | Pixel Shaders | 8 |
| 2 | Vertex Shaders | 4 |
Board Design
| Single-slot | Slot Width | Single-slot |
| unknown | Thermal design power (TDP) | 37 W |
| 200 W | Suggested PSU | 200 W |
| 2x DVI 1x S-Video | Display Connectors | 2x DVI 1x S-Video |
| None | Power Connectors | None |
API support
| 8.1 | DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) |
| 1.5 | OpenGL | 2.0 |
| N/A | OpenCL | N/A |
| N/A | Vulkan | N/A |
| 1.3 | Pixel Shader | 2.0 |
| 1.1 | Vertex Shader | 2.0 |