NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 21 year(s) 10 month(s) later
12.3x more core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 120 MHz
467.5x more texture fill rate: 224.4 GTexel/s vs 480 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 220 nm
384x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 32 MB
5.8x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 300 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 850 vs 201
3195.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15977 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Dec 2021 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s vs 480 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	850 vs 201
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

850

201

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15977

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G2D Mark	850	201
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977	5
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Celsius
Code name	TU106	NV10 A3
Launch date	7 Dec 2021	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	54	911
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	220 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2176
Pixel fill rate	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	184 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	7.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR