Matrox Parhelia 256 MB vs GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Parhelia (2002−2006) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | Parhelia-512 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 June 2012 (12 years ago) | 25 June 2002 (22 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 | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 589 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 80 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 4.712 | 0.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04486 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 168 mm | 175 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR2 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 600 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 9.6 GB/s | 16 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 June 2012 | 25 June 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
9400 GT Rev. 3 has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.
Matrox Parhelia 256 MB, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 and Matrox Parhelia 256 MB. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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