NVIDIA GeForce3 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS
What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce3 and NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| NV20 | GPU Name | NV15 |
| NV20 A5 | Model number | GeForce2 GTS |
| Kelvin | Architecture | Celsius |
| TSMC | Foundry | TSMC |
| 150 nm | Process Size | 150 nm |
| 57 million | Transistors | 25 million |
| 128 mm² | Die Size | 88 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Feb 27th, 2001 | Release Date | Apr 26th, 2000 |
| GeForce 3 | Family | GeForce 2 |
| End-of-life | Production | End-of-life |
| GeForce 2 | Predecessor | GeForce 2 MX |
| AGP 4x | Bus Interface | AGP 4x |
Memory
| 64 MB | Memory Size | 32 MB |
| DDR | Memory Type | DDR |
| 128 bit | Memory Bus | 128 bit |
| 7.360 GB/s | Bandwidth | 5.312 GB/s |
Performance
| 800.0 MPixel/s | Pixel fillrate | 800.0 MPixel/s |
| 1.600 GTexel/s | Texture fillrate | 1.600 GTexel/s |
Clock Speeds
| 230 MHz 460 Mbps effective | Memory Clock | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective |
| 200 MHz | GPU Clock | 200 MHz |
Render Config
| 8 | TMUs | 8 |
| 4 | ROPs | 4 |
| 4 | Pixel Shaders | 4 |
| 1 | Vertex Shaders | N/A |
Board Design
| Single-slot | Slot Width | Single-slot |
| unknown | Thermal design power (TDP) | unknown |
| 200 W | Suggested PSU | 200 W |
| 1x VGA 1x DB13W3 | Display Connectors | 1x VGA |
| None | Power Connectors | None |
API support
| 8.1 | DirectX | 7.0 |
| 1.5 | OpenGL | 1.5 |
| N/A | OpenCL | N/A |
| N/A | Vulkan | N/A |
| 1.1 | Pixel Shader | 0.5 |
| 1.1 | Vertex Shader | N/A |