T600 vs ATI FireGL X3-256

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated319
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.12
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameR420TU117
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date3 August 2004 (20 years ago)6 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,099 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 coresno data640
Core clock speed491 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1335 MHz
Number of transistors160 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)57 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate5.89253.40
Floating-point processing powerno data1.709 TFLOPS
ROPs1232
TMUs1240

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 8xPCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x MolexNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed454 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth29.06 GB/s160.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 DVI, 1x S-Video4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 August 2004 6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 57 Watt 40 Watt

T600 has an age advantage of 16 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 42.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FireGL X3-256 and T600. We've got no test results to judge.


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