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.

NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

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	1119
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