ATI Rage 128 PRO Ultra GL vs FirePro W7100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	351	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.93	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code name	Tonga	Rage 4
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	12 August 2014 (10 years ago)	1 August 1998 (26 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 cores	1792	no data
Core clock speed	920 MHz	130 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	8 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	103.0	0.26
Floating-point processing power	3.297 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	112	2

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	130 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	2.08 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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x VGA
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-
HD сomponent video output	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	6.0
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 August 2014	1 August 1998
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	250 nm

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