GeForce2 MX vs GeForce GTX 580M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	720	1615
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.43	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GF114	NV11 A2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	28 June 2011 (15 years ago)	28 June 2000 (26 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	620 MHz	175 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	39.68	0.7
Floating-point processing power	0.9523 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	64	4
L1 Cache	512 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no data

Form factor & 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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

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	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB/s	2.656 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

1x VGA

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	42	no data
Full HD	57	no data
1200p	42	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 June 2011	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm