Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Matrox started Parhelia Precision SDT 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 single-slot card attached via PCI-X interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 190 mm.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance 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 (21 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 80 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT 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 Precision SDT: 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 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MBps | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT. 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 | 1x DVI |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Matrox Parhelia Precision SDT according to our statistics.
