NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 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 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

357.5x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	572 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Name	NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G2D Mark		95
PassMark - G3D Mark		4

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV15 A5	NV11 B2
Launch date	5 December 2000	11 November 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	not rated	1393
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	572 MTexel / s
Transistor count	25 million	20 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		2 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR