ATI VGA Wonder vs ATI FireGL V5600

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Wonder (1990−1992)
GPU code nameRV63018800-1
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)5 February 1990 (34 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

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 cores120no data
Core clock speed800 MHz10 MHz
Number of transistors390 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)89 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.400no data
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs41
TMUs8no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR4DRAM
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 KB
Memory bus width128 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz10 MHz
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s40 MB/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 Connectors2x DVI1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 5 February 1990
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 KB
Chip lithography 65 nm 800 nm

ATI FireGL V5600 has an age advantage of 17 years, a 204700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1130.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V5600 and VGA Wonder. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V5600 is a workstation graphics card while VGA Wonder is a desktop one.


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