NVIDIA Vanta LT vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Vanta LT 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
- Around 14% higher core clock speed: 120 MHz vs 105 MHz
- 2.3x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 210.0 MTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 220 nm vs 250 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 8 MB
- 3x more memory clock speed: 300 MHz vs 100 MHz
Core clock speed | 120 MHz vs 105 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 480 MTexel / s vs 210.0 MTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 220 nm vs 250 nm |
Maximum memory size | 32 MB vs 8 MB |
Memory clock speed | 300 MHz vs 100 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Vanta LT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Name | NVIDIA Vanta LT | NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 201 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Vanta LT | NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fahrenheit | Celsius |
Code name | NV5 B5 | NV10 A3 |
Launch date | 1 March 2000 | 1 February 2000 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 882 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 105 MHz | 120 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 250 nm | 220 nm |
Texture fill rate | 210.0 MTexel / s | 480 MTexel / s |
Transistor count | 15 million | 17 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x VGA | 1x VGA |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 2x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 6.0 | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 MB | 32 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 800 MB / s | 4.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 100 MHz | 300 MHz |
Memory type | SDR | DDR |