Matrox G450 x4 MMS vs ATI Radeon 7200

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1526	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.03	no data
Architecture	Rage 6 (2000−2007)	G400 (1999−2002)
GPU code name	R100	Condor
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2000 (24 years ago)	1 January 2001 (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.

Core clock speed	166 MHz	125 MHz
Number of transistors	30 million	10 million
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	1	0.25
ROPs	2	2
TMUs	6	2

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	AGP 4x	PCI
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	332 MBps
Memory bandwidth	5.312 GB/s	2.656 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 Connectors

1x VGA

2x DVI

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.3	None
OpenCL	N/A	None
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

1 April 2000

1 January 2001

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