ATI FireGL X3-256: specs and benchmarks
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 ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | R400 (2004−2008) | |
GPU code name | R420 | |
Market segment | Workstation | |
Release date | 3 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 speed | 491 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 160 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 57 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 5.892 | of 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).
Interface | AGP 8x | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 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 type | GDDR3 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
Memory clock speed | 908 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 29.06 GB/s | of 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API support
APIs supported by FireGL X3-256, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with FireGL X3-256 according to our statistics.