VGA Wonder XL24: specs and benchmarks

Summary

ATI started VGA Wonder XL24 sales 16 March 1992 at a recommended price of $399 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Wonder architecture and made with 800 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1 MB of DRAM memory clocked at 0.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 32 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 40 MB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCI interface.

Primary Details

Some basic facts about VGA Wonder XL24: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	Wonder (1986−1992)
GPU code name	28800-6
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	16 March 1992 (32 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399

Detailed Specifications

VGA Wonder XL24's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of VGA Wonder XL24's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed	10 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Manufacturing process technology	800 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)

Form Factor & Compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of VGA Wonder XL24 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCI
Width	1-slot

VRAM Capacity and Type

Parameters of memory installed on VGA Wonder XL24: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	DRAM
Maximum RAM amount	1 MB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	32 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	10 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	40 MB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on VGA Wonder XL24. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

1x VGA

API Compatibility

APIs supported by VGA Wonder XL24, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	N/A
OpenGL	N/A	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	N/A
Vulkan	N/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of VGA Wonder XL24. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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