Matrox Parhelia DL256: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
Matrox started Parhelia DL256 sales on 2003. 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 500 MBps are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCI-X interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 190 mm.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Matrox Parhelia DL256: 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 | 2003 (22 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Matrox Parhelia DL256's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Matrox Parhelia DL256'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 | 3.200 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 4 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 16 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Matrox Parhelia DL256 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 | PCI-X | |
| Length | 190 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Matrox Parhelia DL256: 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 | 256 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MBps | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 4 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Matrox Parhelia DL256. 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 LFH60 |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by Matrox Parhelia DL256, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
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Recommended processors
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