Matrox Parhelia APVe vs ATI Radeon X800 XL

Comparative analysis of Matrox Parhelia APVe and ATI Radeon X800 XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Matrox Parhelia APVe

ATI Radeon X800 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox Parhelia APVe

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 274 vs 271

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2006 vs 1 December 2004
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	274 vs 271

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 96% higher memory clock speed: 980 MHz vs 500 MHz
13.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 69 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	980 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	69 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Matrox Parhelia APVe
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

274

271

Name	Matrox Parhelia APVe	ATI Radeon X800 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	5	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	274	271

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox Parhelia APVe	ATI Radeon X800 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Parhelia	R400
Code name	Parhelia-512	R430
Launch date	14 June 2006	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	618	620
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		49 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0b
OpenGL	1.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	31.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	980 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3