ATI Radeon LE vs NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon LE and NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro 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 LE

NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 888 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s

Launch date	1 May 2001 vs 22 March 2001
Texture fill rate	888 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 148 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
Around 69% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 296 MHz

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 148 MHz
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 296 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Name	ATI Radeon LE	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
PassMark - G3D Mark		1
PassMark - G2D Mark		143

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon LE	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Celsius
Code name	Rage 6	NV15 A4
Launch date	1 May 2001	22 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	1148
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	148 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	888 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	30 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.74 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	296 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR