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NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra is a graphics card released on August 14, 2000 using a 180 nm process. It has 64 MB of DDR memory on a 128-bit bus, 7.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a boost clock of 250 MHz. It scores 6 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 7 and OpenGL 1.2.

NV15180 nm

6/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 31 recorded fields

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

64 MB

DDR · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

250 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra scores 6 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 4.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,732), measured across 1 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 147.

PassMark G3D Mark

Rank #2,732
Faster than 4.2% of 2,658 GPUs
1 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface AGP 4x,PCI

Max memory 64 MB

Core clock 250 MHz

Memory clock 460 MHz

DirectX 7

OpenGL 1.2

First benchmarked 2009-05-30

Samples 1

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra states the AGP 4x,PCI interface, up to 64 MB of memory, a core clock of 250 MHz, DirectX 7 and OpenGL 1.2, first benchmarked on 2009-05-30. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename NV15

Chip Not recorded

Process node 180 nm

Transistors 25 M

Die size 88 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra uses the NV15 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 180 nm process, contains 25 million transistors and has a die size of 88 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra.

Clock speeds

Base clock 250 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra runs at a base clock of 250 MHz.

Memory

Size 64 MB

Type DDR

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 7.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra is equipped with 64 MB of DDR memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 7.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra it connects over AGP 4x,PCI.

Board power (TDP) Not recorded

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface AGP 4x,PCI

Market

Launched August 14, 2000

Launch price $499

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra was released on August 14, 2000 and launched at a price of $499.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 6

PassMark G2D 147

Rank #2,732

Samples 1

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra supports DirectX 7 and OpenGL 1.2.

DirectX 7 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 1.2 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra.