ATI Radeon VE PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon VE PCI and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon VE PCI

NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE PCI

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 183 MHz vs 125 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 500 MTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 16 MB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	183 MHz vs 125 MHz
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 500 MTexel / s
Maximum memory size	32 MB vs 16 MB
Memory clock speed	366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 100

11.5x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 23 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2 Watt vs 23 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon VE PCI	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 100
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Celsius
Code name	Rage 6	NV11 B2
Launch date	19 February 2001	6 February 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	183 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s	500 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	2 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.928 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	366 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR