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.

NVIDIA Vanta LT

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

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
PassMark - G2D Mark		201
PassMark - G3D Mark		5

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Vanta LT	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Fahrenheit	Celsius
Code name	NV5 B5	NV10 A3
Launch date	1 March 2000	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	880
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 2x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	6.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
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