ATI Rage 128 PRO vs ATI FireGL V8650

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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 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code nameR600Rage 4 PRO
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date14 May 2007 (17 years ago)1 August 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,799 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 cores320no data
Core clock speed688 MHz118 MHz
Number of transistors720 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm250 nm
Texture fill rate11.010.24
Floating-point processing power0.4403 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs162

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 4x
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR4SDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed868 MHz143 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.1 GB/s1.144 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 DVI, 1x S-Video1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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
OpenGL3.31.2
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2007 1 August 1999
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 250 nm

ATI FireGL V8650 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 212.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V8650 and Rage 128 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V8650 is a workstation graphics card while Rage 128 PRO is a desktop one.


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