GeForce3 Ti500 and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce3 Ti500
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Kelvin (2001−2003)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
NV20 A5
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2001
December 1999
Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
240 MHz
120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
57 million
17 million
Texture fill rate
1.920
0.48
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
32 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x VGA
DirectX
8.0
7.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.3
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A