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.
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | Matrox Parhelia APVe | ATI Radeon X800 XL |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 5 | 69 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 274 | 271 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Matrox Parhelia APVe | ATI Radeon X800 XL | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Parhelia | R400 |
Code name | Parhelia-512 | R430 |
Launch date | 14 June 2006 | 1 December 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 619 | 622 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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DirectX | 8.1 | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |