ATI FireGL X3-256 vs GeForce 810M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1084not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.15no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGF117R420
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date24 March 2014 (10 years ago)3 August 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,099

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 cores48no data
Core clock speed738 MHz491 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors585 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt57 Watt
Texture fill rate5.9045.892
Floating-point processing power0.1417 TFLOPSno data
ROPs812
TMUs812

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 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz454 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s29.06 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 March 2014 3 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 57 Watt

GeForce 810M has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 280% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 810M and FireGL X3-256. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 810M is a notebook card while FireGL X3-256 is a workstation one.


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