GeForce 256 SDR vs Radeon R7 Graphics

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Spectre	NV10 A3
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 January 2014 (10 years ago)	11 October 1999 (24 years ago)
Current price	$150	$30

Technical specs

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 cores	512	no data
Core clock speed	686 MHz	120 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,410 million	17 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	31.36	0.48
Floating-point performance	526.8 gflops	no data

Size and 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).

Interface	IGP	AGP 4x
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

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 type	System Shared	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	32 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	143 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.144 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors

No outputs

1x VGA

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	7.0
Shader Model	6.0	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	11 January 2014	11 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	32 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	220 nm

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