Data Center GPU Max Subsystem vs ATI Fire GL2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureIBM (1999−2001)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameGT1000Ponte Vecchio
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 June 2000 (24 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data16384
Core clock speed205 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1600 MHz
Number of transistorsno data100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology250 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data2400 Watt
Texture fill rate0.211,638
Floating-point processing powerno data52.43 TFLOPS
ROPs1no data
TMUs11024
Tensor Coresno data1024
Ray Tracing Coresno data128

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount64 MB128 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed120 MHz1565 MHz
Memory bandwidth7.68 GB/s3,205 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX6.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2000 10 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 128 GB
Chip lithography 250 nm 10 nm

Data Center GPU Max Subsystem has an age advantage of 22 years, a 204700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.

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