Edge 3D 2120XL: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Edge 3D 2120XL sales 30 September 1995. This is a desktop card based on 500 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 1 MB of DRAM memory clocked at 0.06 GHz are supplied, and together with 32 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 240.0 MB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCI interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 191 mm.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Edge 3D 2120XL: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| GPU code name | NV1 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 30 September 1995 (29 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Edge 3D 2120XL's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Edge 3D 2120XL's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 60 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 1 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 500 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Texture fill rate | 0.06 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| ROPs | 1 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 1 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Edge 3D 2120XL and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCI | |
| Length | 191 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Edge 3D 2120XL: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DRAM | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 MB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 32 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 60 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 240.0 MB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Edge 3D 2120XL. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x VGA |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Edge 3D 2120XL, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 1.0 | |
| OpenGL | N/A | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A |
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