NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 vs NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 and NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro 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 GeForce2 MX + nForce 420

NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later

Launch date	4 June 2001 vs 22 March 2001

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 175 MHz

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 175 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Name	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
PassMark - G3D Mark		1
PassMark - G2D Mark		143

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	Crush11	NV15 A4
Launch date	4 June 2001	22 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	1148
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	175 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Transistor count	20 million	25 million
Texture fill rate		800 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR