ATI FireGL X1-256 vs GeForce 7000M

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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
Architectureno dataRage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameC67R300
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 February 2006 (18 years ago)1 July 2002 (22 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 cores3no data
Core clock speed1 MHz325 MHz
Boost clock speed350 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data110 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data37 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.600
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeshared MemoryDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data310 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data19.84 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectXshared Memory9.0 (9_0)
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2006 1 July 2002
Chip lithography 90 nm 150 nm

GeForce 7000M has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7000M and FireGL X1-256. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7000M is a notebook card while FireGL X1-256 is a workstation one.


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