NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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 PRO

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
Launch date 5 December 2000 vs 14 August 2000
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm vs 180 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 460 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate 2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 460 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Name NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark 147
PassMark - G3D Mark 6

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Celsius Celsius
Code name NV15 A5 NV15 A4
Launch date 5 December 2000 14 August 2000
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $499
Place in performance rating not rated 1122
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 200 MHz 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 180 nm
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s 2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 25 million 25 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 4x AGP 4x
Length 183 mm 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 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 7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 460 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR

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