GeForce RTX 4090 D vs Matrox Parhelia-LX

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated4
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data8.18
ArchitectureParhelia (2002−2006)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameParhelia-LXAD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 January 2002 (22 years ago)28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599
Current price$142 $2537 (1.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data14592
Core clock speed250 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors80 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data425 Watt
Texture fill rate1.0001,149

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount128 MB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz21 GB/s
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s1,008 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.54.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 January 2002 28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between Matrox Parhelia-LX and GeForce RTX 4090 D. We've got no test results to judge.


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