GeForce2 MX vs Radeon HD 7470M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1175	1615
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.83	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Seymour	NV11 A2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2012 (14 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	160	no data
Core clock speed	750 MHz	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	370 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	6.400	0.7
Floating-point processing power	0.256 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	2
TMUs	8	4
L1 Cache	16 KB	no data
L2 Cache	128 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 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

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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.

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 January 2012	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm