NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI 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 GeForce2 MX PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 175 MHz vs 120 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 480 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 180 nm vs 220 nm

Launch date	28 June 2000 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	175 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 480 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm vs 220 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Around 81% higher memory clock speed: 300 MHz vs 166 MHz

Memory clock speed	300 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Name	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G2D Mark		201
PassMark - G3D Mark		5

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV11 A2	NV10 A3
Launch date	28 June 2000	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	911
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	175 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	220 nm
Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Transistor count	20 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	664 MB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	32 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR