ATI Rage 128 VR PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Rage 4 | G72 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | 215R4BASA22 | GF-GO7200-N-A3 |
| Architecture | Rage 4 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 250 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 8 million | 112 million |
| Die size | 89 mm² | 81 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 1st, 1998 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Rage 4 | — |
| Predecessor | Rage 3 | — |
| Successor | Rage 6 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCI | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 80 MHz | 450 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 125 MHz 250 Mbps effective | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 32 MB | 64 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 32 bit |
| Bandwidth | 2.000 GB/s | 2.800 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 2 | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 0 | 3 |
| TMUs | 2 | 4 |
| ROPs | 2 | 1 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 160.0 MPixel/s | 450.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 160.0 MTexel/s | 1.800 GTexel/s |
| Vertex rate | — | 337.5 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x VGA | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 6.0 | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | — | — |
| Vertex shader | — | — |
| Shader model | — | 3.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Sep 1st, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce Go 7 (Go 7000) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce Go 6 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 8M |
