Arc 3 A370M vs FireGL 9700 X1-128

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2006)Generation 12.7 (2022)
GPU code nameR300DG2-128
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 July 2002 (21 year ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speed325 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1550 MHz
Number of transistors110 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate2.60099.20

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 8xPCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed620 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth19.84 GB/s96 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 Connectors2x DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2002 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 6 nm

We couldn't decide between FireGL 9700 X1-128 and Arc 3 A370M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL 9700 X1-128 is a workstation graphics card while Arc 3 A370M is a desktop one.


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ATI FireGL 9700 X1-128
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