ATI GameCube GPU vs ATI FireGL V3600

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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
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Rage 5 (2000)
GPU code nameRV630Flipper
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)24 August 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 cores120no data
Core clock speed600 MHz162 MHz
Number of transistors390 million51 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)73 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate4.8000.65
Floating-point processing power0.144 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

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 x16IGP
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDR2SDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB16 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz162 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s1.296 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)6.0+
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 24 August 2000
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 16 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 73 Watt 45 Watt

ATI FireGL V3600 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 176.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI GameCube GPU, on the other hand, has 62.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V3600 and GameCube GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V3600 is a workstation card while GameCube GPU is a notebook one.


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