Matrox Parhelia 256 MB vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition

What is the difference between Matrox Parhelia 256 MB and ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Parhelia-512GPU NameR360
PHF-D2Model numberR360
(215R9RBKA11F)
ParheliaArchitectureRage 9
UMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size150 nm
80 millionTransistors117 million
174 mm²Die Size218 mm²

Graphics Card

Mar 30th, 2004Release DateMar 14th, 2004
ParheliaFamilyRadeon R300
(9800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
AGP 8xBus InterfaceAGP Pro 8x

Memory

256 MBMemory Size256 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
20.80 GB/sBandwidth23.36 GB/s

Performance

1.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate3.296 GPixel/s
250.0 MVertices/sVertex fillrate412.0 MVertices/s
4.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.296 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

325 MHz
650 Mbps effective
Memory Clock365 MHz
730 Mbps effective
250 MHzGPU Clock412 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs8
4ROPs8
4Pixel Shaders8
4Vertex Shaders4

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)60 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
2x DVIDisplay Connectors2x DVI
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

8.1DirectX9.0
1.3OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
1.3Pixel Shader2.0
2.0Vertex Shader2.0