3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
started 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB sales 22 June 1998. This is a desktop card based on 350 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 MB of SDR memory clocked at 0.1 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP 1x interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 15 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| GPU code name | Banshee | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 22 June 1998 (27 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 100 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 4 million | of 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 350 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 0.1 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| ROPs | 1 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 1 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | AGP 1x | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | SDR | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 100 MHz | of 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.6 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x VGA |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 6.0 | |
| OpenGL | 1.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 5090 D) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with 3dfx Voodoo Banshee AGP 16 MB according to our statistics.
