NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 and NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 3x more core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 8x more texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
  • Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 790 MHz vs 668 MHz
  • 9.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 220 vs 23
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 January 2010 vs 18 January 2006
Core clock speed 1360 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 790 MHz vs 668 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 220 vs 23

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 98 vs 44
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 98 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
220
23
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
44
98
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 220 23
PassMark - G2D Mark 44 98
Geekbench - OpenCL 5892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1686

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G94 G72
Launch date 26 January 2010 18 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99
Place in performance rating 1583 1416
Price now $79.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 5.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 1360 MHz 450 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s 1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt
Transistor count 505 million 112 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.3 GB / s 5.34 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 790 MHz 668 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2

Technologies

CUDA