AMD ROG Ally Extreme vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of AMD ROG Ally Extreme and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD ROG Ally Extreme

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD ROG Ally Extreme

Videocard is newer: launch date 23 year(s) 4 month(s) later
12.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 120 MHz
270x more texture fill rate: 129.6 GTexel/s vs 480 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 220 nm
512x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 32 MB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz, 6.4 Gbps effective vs 300 MHz

Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	129.6 GTexel/s vs 480 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz, 6.4 Gbps effective vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD ROG Ally Extreme
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Name	AMD ROG Ally Extreme	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2828
PassMark - G2D Mark		201
PassMark - G3D Mark		5

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD ROG Ally Extreme	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Celsius
Code name	Phoenix	NV10 A3
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	881	880
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2700 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	768
Pixel fill rate	86.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	129.6 GTexel/s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	25390 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x USB Type-C	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	21 mm, 0.8 inches
Length	280 mm, 11 inches
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
Interface		AGP 4x
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	7.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.20 GB/s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz, 6.4 Gbps effective	300 MHz
Memory type	LPDDR5	DDR