Arc Pro A40 vs ATI FireGL X1-256
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | R300 | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 July 2002 (23 years ago) | 8 August 2022 (3 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.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 325 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1700 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.600 | 108.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 3.482 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 8 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 8 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 310 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 19.84 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 July 2002 | 8 August 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | 50 Watt |
ATI FireGL X1-256 has 35% lower power consumption.
Arc Pro A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 20 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FireGL X1-256 and Arc Pro A40. We've got no test results to judge.
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