NVIDIA GeForce3: GPU Specs & Benchmarks

The GeForce3 is a graphics card by NVIDIA, built on the 150 nm process and based on the NV20 graphics processor (GPU). The video card specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

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Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU Name
NV20
Model number
NV20 A5
Architecture
Kelvin
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
150 nm
Transistors
57 million
Die Size
128 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Feb 27th, 2001
Family
GeForce 3
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
499 USD
Predecessor
GeForce 2
Bus Interface
AGP 4x

Memory

Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
7.360 GB/s

Performance

Pixel fillrate
800.0 MPixel/s
Vertex fillrate
50.00 MVertices/s
Texture fillrate
1.600 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

Memory Clock
230 MHz
460 Mbps effective
GPU Clock
200 MHz

Render Config

TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
1

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
165 mm
6.5 inches
Thermal design power (TDP)
unknown
Suggested PSU
200 W
Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x DB13W3
Power Connectors
None

API support

DirectX
8.1
OpenGL
1.5
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
1.1
Vertex Shader
1.1
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NVIDIA GeForce3: GPU Specs & Benchmarks