ATI FireGL X1-256 vs Quadro FX 380M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1402 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.89 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Rage 8 (2002−2007) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | R300 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 1 July 2002 (23 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 | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | 325 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 110 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 37 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 2.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04698 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 790 MHz | 310 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.64 GB/s | 19.84 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 1 July 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 37 Watt |
FX 380M has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 48% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 380M and FireGL X1-256. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 380M is a mobile workstation graphics card while FireGL X1-256 is a workstation one.
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