Matrox Parhelia 256 MB: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Matrox started Parhelia 256 MB sales 25 June 2002. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Parhelia architecture and made with 150 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 256 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 16 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via AGP 4x interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 175 mm.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Matrox Parhelia 256 MB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Parhelia (2002−2006) | |
GPU code name | Parhelia-512 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 25 June 2002 (22 years ago) | |
Current price | $234 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed specifications
Matrox Parhelia 256 MB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Matrox Parhelia 256 MB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 200 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 80 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Texture fill rate | 0.8 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Matrox Parhelia 256 MB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | AGP 4x | |
Length | 175 mm | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Matrox Parhelia 256 MB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | DDR | |
Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Matrox Parhelia 256 MB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 2x DVI |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Matrox Parhelia 256 MB, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 8.1 | |
OpenGL | 1.5 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Matrox Parhelia 256 MB according to our statistics.