NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 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

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 175 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 700 MTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	22 March 2001 vs 28 June 2000
Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 175 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 700 MTexel / s
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3 vs 1

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

Name	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	143

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV15 A4	NV11 A2
Launch date	22 March 2001	28 June 2000
Place in performance rating	1148	1150
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	700 MTexel / s
Transistor count	25 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR