ATI Radeon 9700 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9700 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 400 MHz
10.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 54 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2002 vs 1 October 2001
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	54 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark

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PassMark - G2D Mark

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Name	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark	54	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	149

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Celsius
Code name	R300	NV15 A5
Launch date	1 July 2002	1 October 2001
Place in performance rating	1102	1103
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 2x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy	None
Length		165 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.84 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR