GP106 vs 3D Rage IIC PCI

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 2 (1996)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameRage IICGP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 1997 (27 years ago)no data
Current priceno data$53

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1280
Core clock speed60 MHzno data
Number of transistors5 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology500 nm16 nm
Texture fill rate0.06no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIno data
Width1-slotno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSDRno data
Maximum RAM amount2 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed83 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth664.0 MB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x VGAno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENCno data6th Gen
PureVideo HDno dataVP8

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX5.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data6.1

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 500 nm 16 nm

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