Matrox Parhelia 256 MB vs Radeon R9 M270X
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 752 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Parhelia (2002−2006) |
| GPU code name | Venus | Parhelia-512 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 21 March 2014 (10 years ago) | 25 June 2002 (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 | 640 | no data |
| Compute units | 10 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 775 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 80 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 31.00 | 0.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.992 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | no data | 175 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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 16 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 | No outputs | 2x DVI |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 March 2014 | 25 June 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
R9 M270X has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M270X and Matrox Parhelia 256 MB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R9 M270X is a notebook card while Matrox Parhelia 256 MB is a desktop one.
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