A30 PCIe vs ATI Mobility FireGL T2e
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 9 (2003−2006) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | M11 | GA100 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 August 2004 (21 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 450 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76 million | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 165 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.800 | 322.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 10.32 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 4 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 24 MB |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 type | DDR | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 3072 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 225 MHz | 1215 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 7.2 GB/s | 933.1 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 | N/A |
| Shader Model | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | N/A |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 August 2004 | 12 April 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 7 nm |
A30 PCIe has an age advantage of 16 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL T2e and A30 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility FireGL T2e is a mobile workstation graphics card while A30 PCIe is a workstation one.
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