Matrox Parhelia DL256 vs ATI Radeon X700

What is the difference between Matrox Parhelia DL256 and ATI Radeon X700. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Parhelia-512GPU NameRV410
ParheliaArchitectureR400
UMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size110 nm
80 millionTransistors120 million
174 mm²Die Size156 mm²

Graphics Card

2001Release DateSep 1st, 2004
ParheliaFamilyRadeon R400 PCIe
(X700)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCI-XBus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
64 bitMemory Bus128 bit
4.000 GB/sBandwidth8.000 GB/s

Performance

800.0 MPixel/sPixel fillrate3.200 GPixel/s
200.0 MVertices/sVertex fillrate600.0 MVertices/s
3.200 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.200 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

250 MHz
500 Mbps effective
Memory Clock250 MHz
500 Mbps effective
200 MHzGPU Clock400 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs8
4ROPs8
4Pixel Shaders8
4Vertex Shaders6

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)44 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
2x LFH60Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

8.1DirectX9.0b (9_2)
1.3OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
1.3Pixel Shader2.0b
2.0Vertex Shader2.0b