NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
12.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 220 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 32 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
122.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 613 vs 5
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 201

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 March 2008 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	613 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 201

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

6.3x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec

Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

262

201

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	613	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	262	201
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G92	NV10 A3
Launch date	18 March 2008	1 February 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	881	884
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	120 MHz
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	220 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 128
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	197 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI	1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI