NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro vs ATI Radeon 7000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro and ATI Radeon 7000 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 Quadro2 Pro

ATI Radeon 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 183 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 549 MTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 366 MHz

Launch date	22 March 2001 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 183 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 549 MTexel / s
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 366 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000

9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9 vs 1
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 144 vs 143

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9 vs 1
PassMark - G2D Mark	144 vs 143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

144

Name	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro	ATI Radeon 7000
PassMark - G3D Mark	1	9
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	144

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro	ATI Radeon 7000
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 6
Code name	NV15 A4	RV100
Launch date	22 March 2001	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1139	1140
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Transistor count	25 million	30 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR