ATI Radeon DDR vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon DDR 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon DDR

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon DDR

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 166 MHz vs 120 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 996 MTexel / s vs 480 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 180 nm vs 220 nm
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 332 MHz vs 300 MHz

Launch date	1 April 2000 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	166 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	996 MTexel / s vs 480 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm vs 220 nm
Memory clock speed	332 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon DDR
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Name	ATI Radeon DDR	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G2D Mark		201
PassMark - G3D Mark		5

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon DDR	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Celsius
Code name	Rage 6	NV10 A3
Launch date	1 April 2000	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	884
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	166 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	220 nm
Texture fill rate	996 MTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.31 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR