ATI FireGL X2-256 vs Radeon R5 235 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameCaicosR360
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date21 December 2013 (10 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year 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 cores160no data
Core clock speed775 MHz380 MHz
Number of transistors370 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.2003.040
Floating-point processing power0.248 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48
TMUs88

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
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz350 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s22.4 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, 1x HDMI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)9.0
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 December 2013 1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

R5 235 OEM has an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 235 OEM and FireGL X2-256. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 235 OEM is a desktop card while FireGL X2-256 is a workstation one.


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