NVIDIA GeForce3 vs NVIDIA Quadro VX 200
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV20 | G92 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | NV20 A5 | — |
| Architecture | Kelvin | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 57 million | 754 million |
| Die size | 128 mm² | 324 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 27th, 2001 | Jan 8th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 3 | Quadro VX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 499 USD | — |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | GeForce 2 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 4 MX | — |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 200 MHz | 450 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 230 MHz 460 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1125 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 64 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 7.360 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | — |
| TMUs | 8 | 56 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 112 |
| SM count | — | 14 |
| Cache L2 | — | 64 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 800.0 MPixel/s | 7.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 50.00 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.600 GTexel/s | 25.20 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 252.0 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 165 mm 6.5 inches | 229 mm 9 inches |
| TDP | unknown | 75 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x VGA1x DB13W3 | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.1 | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.1 | — |
| Vertex shader | 1.1 | — |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | — | 4.0 |
