ATI FirePro M5725 vs ATI 3D Rage PRO AGP

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 3 (1997−1998)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameRage 3M96
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 March 1997 (27 years ago)9 January 2009 (15 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 coresno data320
Core clock speed75 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors8 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology350 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate0.0821.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.432 TFLOPS
ROPs18
TMUs132

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).

InterfaceAGP 2xPCIe 2.0 x16
Width1-slotno 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 typeSDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed75 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth600.0 MB/s25.6 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 Connectors1x VGANo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX6.010.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL1.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 1997 9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount 2 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 350 nm 55 nm

ATI M5725 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 536.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between 3D Rage PRO AGP and FirePro M5725. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that 3D Rage PRO AGP is a desktop card while FirePro M5725 is a mobile workstation one.


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