G70 and G72 - video card comparison

G70

G72

Architecture

Curie (2003−2013)

Curie (2003−2013)

GPU code name

G70

G72

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

-

-

Manufacturing process technology

110 nm

90 nm

Number of transistors

302 million

112 million

DirectX

9.0c (9_3)

9.0c (9_3)

OpenCL

N/A

N/A

OpenGL

2.1

2.1

Shader Model

3.0

3.0

Vulkan

N/A

N/A

PureVideo HD

VP1

VP1