Sony GS-2 vs ATI Xenos

Sony GS-2
ATI Xenos
16 Shaders
4MB eDRAM
150MHz
240 Shaders
512MB GDDR3
500MHz
Peak AI Performance
10 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
240 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
10 GFLOPS
FP32
240 GFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
Form Factor
Soldered
TDP
18W
TDP
203W

Peak AI Performance

  • 96% slower vs Xenos
  • 24x faster vs GS-2
GS-2 - 10 GFLOPS FP32
x1
Xenos - 240 GFLOPS FP32
x24

FP32

  • 96% slower vs Xenos
  • 24x faster vs GS-2
GS-2 - 10 GFLOPS FP32
x1
Xenos - 240 GFLOPS FP32
x24
  • 2.14x faster vs Xenos
  • 53% slower vs GS-2
GS-2 - 48GB/s
x2.14
Xenos - 22.4GB/s
x1
  • 91% lower vs Xenos
  • 1028% higher vs GS-2
GS-2 - 18W
x1
Xenos - 203W
x11.28
Manufacturer
Sony
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
Sony
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
PS2
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
Console
Family
Console
Codename
Graphics Synthesizer
GS-2
Variant
CXD2944GB
Codename
-
Xenos
Variant
Crayola 6
Market Segment
Console
Market Segment
Console
Release Date
4/18/2001
Release Date
11/22/2005
Foundry
Sony
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
180nm
Fabrication Node
90nm
Die Size
188 mm²
Die Size
182 mm²
-
Transistor Count
232 Million
Transistor Density
0.00M/mm²
Transistor Density
1.27M/mm²
Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
16 Shaders
2 Vertex Shaders
Shading Units
240 Shaders
-
Texture Mapping Units
8 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
8 ROPs
-
-
Compute Units
3 CUs
150MHz
500MHz
Peak AI Performance
10 GFLOPS
FP32
Peak AI Performance
240 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
10 GFLOPS
FP32
240 GFLOPS
Pixel Fillrate
2.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
0.075 GVertices/s
-
-
Texture Fillrate
1.2 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
8 GTexel/s
L1
Unknown
L1
Unknown
L2
Unknown
L2
Unknown
4MB
eDRAM
512MB
GDDR3
Bus Width
2560Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
150MHz
Transfer Rate
150MT/s
Bandwidth
48GB/s
Clock
700MHz
Transfer Rate
1.4GT/s
Bandwidth
22.4GB/s
-
-
-
eDRAM
10MB
256.0GB/s
TDP
18W
TDP
203W
Max Resolution
640x448
Max Resolution
1920x1080
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
1
Multi Monitor Support
1
No Encoders
No Encoders
No Decoders
No Decoders
-
-
-
-
Direct X
9
Direct 3D
9_3
-
-
Shader Model
3.0
Not a Card
Not a Card
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