Matrox Parhelia 128 MB vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

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Graphics Processor

GPU model Parhelia-512 NV31
GPU variant PHF-D2 5600 XT
Architecture Parhelia Rankine
Foundry UMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 150 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 80 million 80 million
Die size 174 mm² 121 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Mar 30th, 2004 Mar 17th, 2003
Generation Parhelia GeForce FX
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Reviews 5 in our database 2 in our database
Predecessor GeForce 4 Ti
Successor GeForce 6 AGP

Clocks

GPU clock 250 MHz 235 MHz
Memory clock 300 MHz 600 Mbps effective 200 MHz 400 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 128 MB 128 MB
Memory type DDR DDR
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit
Bandwidth 19.20 GB/s 6.400 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 4 4
Vertex shaders 4 2
TMUs 16 4
ROPs 4 4

Performance

Pixel rate 1.000 GPixel/s 940.0 MPixel/s
Vertex rate 250.0 MVertices/s 117.5 MVertices/s
Texture rate 4.000 GTexel/s 940.0 MTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Single-slot
Length 175 mm 6.9 inches
TDP unknown unknown
Suggested PSU 200 W 200 W
Outputs 2x DVI 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video
Power connectors None None
Board number PH-A8X128

API Support & Features

DirectX 8.1 9.0a
OpenGL 1.3 2.0
OpenCL
Vulkan
Pixel shader 1.3 2.0a
Vertex shader 2.0 2.0a

Other Features

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