Matrox Parhelia 128 MB: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
Matrox started Parhelia 128 MB sales 25 June 2002. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Parhelia architecture and made with 150 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 128 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.25 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 16 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP 4x interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 175 mm.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Matrox Parhelia 128 MB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Parhelia (2002−2006) | |
| GPU code name | Parhelia-512 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 25 June 2002 (23 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Matrox Parhelia 128 MB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Matrox Parhelia 128 MB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Number of transistors | 80 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Texture fill rate | 0.8 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 4 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 4 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Matrox Parhelia 128 MB 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 4x | |
| Length | 175 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Matrox Parhelia 128 MB: 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 | DDR | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 250 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Matrox Parhelia 128 MB. 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 |
API and SDK support
APIs supported by Matrox Parhelia 128 MB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
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