GeForce 256 DDR and FireGL X3-256 - video card comparison
GeForce 256 DDR
FireGL X3-256
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
R420
Market segment
Desktop
Workstation
Release date
December 1999
August 2004
Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x Molex
Core clock speed
120 MHz
491 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
160 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
57 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.48
5.892
Memory type
DDR
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
300 MHz
908 MHz
Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
29.06 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x VGA
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
7.0
9.0b (9_2)
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.2
2.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A