Matrox Parhelia 256 MB: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Matrox started Parhelia 256 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. 256 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 256 MB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureParhelia (2002−2006)
GPU code nameParhelia-512
Market segmentDesktop
Release date25 June 2002 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

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

Core clock speed200 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors80 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology150 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Texture fill rate0.8of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
ROPs4of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs4of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Matrox Parhelia 256 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).

InterfaceAGP 4x
Length175 mm
Width1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Matrox Parhelia 256 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 typeDDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed250 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Matrox Parhelia 256 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 Connectors2x DVI

API compatibility

APIs supported by Matrox Parhelia 256 MB, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX8.1
OpenGL1.5of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCLN/A
VulkanN/A

Benchmark performance

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