GeForce 256 DDR: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce 256 DDR sales 23 December 1999. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Celsius architecture and made with 220 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 32 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.15 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 4.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP 4x interface.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 256 DDR: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameNV10 A3
Market segmentDesktop
Release date23 December 1999 (25 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce 256 DDR's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 256 DDR's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed120 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors17 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology220 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Texture fill rate0.48of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
ROPs4of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs4of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 256 DDR and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 4x
Width1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 256 DDR: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeDDR
Maximum RAM amount32 MBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed150 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth4.8 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 256 DDR. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors1x VGA

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 256 DDR, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX7.0
OpenGL1.2of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCLN/A
VulkanN/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 256 DDR. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

We have no data on GeForce 256 DDR benchmark results.

Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce 256 DDR according to our statistics.

Core 2 Duo E8400 Core 2 Duo E8400
4.4%
i3-1115G4 Core i3 1115G4
3.9%
Pentium Dual T4500 Pentium Dual Core T4500
2.9%
EPYC 9654 EPYC 9654
1.9%
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
1.9%
Pentium G4400 Pentium G4400
1.5%
Pentium E5300 Pentium E5300
1.5%
Core 2 Duo E4500 Core 2 Duo E4500
1.5%
i5-7300U Core i5 7300U
1.5%
Celeron N5095 Celeron N5095
1.5%

All comparisons with GeForce 256 DDR

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3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP
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Radeon 680M Radeon 680M
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6100 + nForce 400 GeForce 6100 + nForce 400
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RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 4060
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RX 6700 XT Radeon RX 6700 XT
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Playstation 5 GPU Playstation 5 GPU
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Volari Duo V5 Ultra
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Arc A580 Arc A580
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RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 4070
G550
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RX 5700 XT Radeon RX 5700 XT
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Mystique G200
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H100 PCIe H100 PCIe
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RTX 4090 D GeForce RTX 4090 D
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RX 6650 XT Radeon RX 6650 XT
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Apple M1 7-Core GPU M1 7 Core GPU
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GTX 1660 GeForce GTX 1660
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RX 7600 XT Radeon RX 7600 XT
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ATI GameCube GPU GameCube GPU
8400 GS GeForce 8400 GS
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G450
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FX 5500 SDI Quadro FX 5500 SDI
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ATI X1800 GTO Radeon X1800 GTO
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GT 640 GeForce GT 640
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Playstation 5 Pro GPU Playstation 5 Pro GPU
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RTX 5080 Mobile GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile
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256 DDR GeForce 256 DDR
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
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RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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RTX 4070 Ti SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
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CMP 170HX CMP 170HX

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