Matrox Millenium P650 vs ATI FireGL V3100

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Parhelia (2002−2006)
GPU code nameRV370Parhelia-LX
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date1 September 2004 (20 years ago)2 January 2002 (22 years ago)

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.

Core clock speed391 MHz190 MHz
Number of transistors107 million80 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm150 nm
Texture fill rate1.5640.76
ROPs42
TMUs44

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed196 MHz230 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.136 GB/s7.36 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.08.1
OpenGL2.01.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2004 2 January 2002
Chip lithography 110 nm 150 nm

ATI FireGL V3100 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 36.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V3100 and Matrox Millenium P650. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V3100 is a workstation graphics card while Matrox Millenium P650 is a desktop one.


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