Matrox Parhelia DL256 vs Quadro Plex 2200 S4
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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 | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Parhelia (2002−2006) |
| GPU code name | GT200B | Parhelia-512 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 25 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 2003 (22 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 | 240 ×4 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 648 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 80 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 600 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 51.84 ×4 | 3.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6221 TFLOPS ×4 | no data |
| ROPs | 32 ×4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 80 ×4 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | 256 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 | PCI-X |
| Length | 522 mm | 190 mm |
| 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 | 4 GB ×4 | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×4 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 500 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s ×4 | 4 GB/s |
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 LFH60 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 150 nm |
Plex 2200 S4 has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro Plex 2200 S4 and Matrox Parhelia DL256. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro Plex 2200 S4 is a workstation graphics card while Matrox Parhelia DL256 is a desktop one.
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