ATI FireGL X3-256: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

ATI started FireGL X3-256 sales 3 August 2004 at a recommended price of $1,099 . This is a R400 architecture desktop card based on 130 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 256 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.91 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 29.06 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via AGP 8x interface. 1x Molex power connector is required, and power consumption is at 57 Watt.

We have no data on FireGL X3-256 benchmark results.

General info

Some basic facts about FireGL X3-256: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameR420
Market segmentWorkstation
Release date3 August 2004 (19 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,099
Current price$143 (0.1x MSRP)of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Technical specs

FireGL X3-256's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of FireGL X3-256's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed491 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors160 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology130 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)57 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate5.892of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of FireGL X3-256 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 8x
Width1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molex

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on FireGL X3-256: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MBof 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed908 MHzof 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth29.06 GB/sof 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on FireGL X3-256. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

APIs supported by FireGL X3-256, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX9.0b (9_2)
OpenGL2.0of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCLN/A
VulkanN/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of FireGL X3-256. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


We have no data on FireGL X3-256 benchmark results.


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