NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 220 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 300 MHz
9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 45 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2006 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	45 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

266.7x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 201 vs 199

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	201 vs 199

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

199

201

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	45	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	199	201

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	G72	NV10 A3
Launch date	1 September 2006	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	882	885
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.8 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	350 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	32	DDR
Shared memory	0