Matrox Parhelia HR256 vs GeForce GTX 970M

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	13.22	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Parhelia (2002−2006)
GPU code name	GM204	Parhelia-512
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (10 years ago)	September 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,560.89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1280	no data
Core clock speed	924 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1038 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	80 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	83.04	3.200
Floating-point processing power	2.657 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	4
TMUs	80	16

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCI-X
Length	no data	190 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-

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	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s	4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	No outputs	2x LFH60
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	-
Optimus	+	-
BatteryBoost	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	8.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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