ATI 3D Rage PRO PCI vs GeForce G102M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1245not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.14no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 3 (1997−1998)
GPU code nameC79Rage 3
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date8 January 2009 (15 years ago)1 March 1997 (27 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16no data
Core clock speed450 MHz75 MHz
Number of transistors314 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm350 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.6000.08
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops48no data
ROPs41
TMUs81

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 1.0no data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeGDDR2SDR
Maximum RAM amountUp to 512 MB8 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz75 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s600.0 MB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsVGAHDMIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)6.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.11.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2009 1 March 1997
Chip lithography 65 nm 350 nm

GeForce G102M has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 438.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce G102M and 3D Rage PRO PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce G102M is a notebook card while 3D Rage PRO PCI is a desktop one.


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