ATI FireGL X2-256T vs Quadro CX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking828not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency1.18no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameGT200BR360
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date11 November 2008 (15 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192no data
Core clock speed602 MHz412 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rate38.533.296
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPSno data
ROPs248
TMUs648

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB256 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz344 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s22.02 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2008 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 150 nm

Quadro CX has an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro CX and FireGL X2-256T. We've got no test results to judge.


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