Matrox G550 vs Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Comparative analysis of Matrox G550 and Matrox Parhelia 256 MB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Matrox G550

Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox Parhelia 256 MB

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 125 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 125 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox G550	Matrox Parhelia 256 MB
Essentials
Architecture	G500	Parhelia
Code name	Condor	Parhelia-512
Launch date	1 January 2001	1 January 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	125 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	10 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
API support
DirectX	8.0	8.1
OpenGL	1.5	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR