NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 220 nm
6.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 33 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 220 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	33 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

15.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 201 vs 13

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	201 vs 13

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

201

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G2D Mark	13	201
PassMark - G3D Mark	33	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	MCP68	NV10 A3
Launch date	1 February 2006	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	1705	911
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	220 nm
Transistor count	112 million	17 million
Texture fill rate		480 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		32 MB
Memory bandwidth		4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		300 MHz
Memory type		DDR