NVIDIA GeForce2 Go vs ATI Radeon 7200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 Go and ATI Radeon 7200 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 11.5x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 332 MHz vs 143 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 95 vs 94
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4 vs 3
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 November 2000 vs 1 June 2000
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 2 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size 64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed 332 MHz vs 143 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 95 vs 94
PassMark - G3D Mark 4 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7200

  • Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 996 MTexel / s vs 572 MTexel / s
Texture fill rate 996 MTexel / s vs 572 MTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7200

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
95
94
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4
3
Name NVIDIA GeForce2 Go ATI Radeon 7200
PassMark - G2D Mark 95 94
PassMark - G3D Mark 4 3

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce2 Go ATI Radeon 7200

Essentials

Architecture Celsius Rage 6
Code name NV11 B2 R100
Launch date 11 November 2000 1 June 2000
Place in performance rating 1404 1405
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 143 MHz 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 180 nm 180 nm
Texture fill rate 572 MTexel / s 996 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 2 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 20 million 30 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 4x AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 7.0 7.0
OpenGL 1.2 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 32 MB
Memory bandwidth 5.31 GB / s 5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 332 MHz 143 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR