A16 PCIe vs Extreme Graphics 2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 2.0 (2002−2003) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Montara | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 3 December 2003 (22 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (4 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 2560 ×4 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 885 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 266 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.27 | 135.6 ×4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 8.678 TFLOPS ×4 |
| ROPs | 1 | 48 ×4 |
| TMUs | 1 | 80 ×4 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 ×4 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 ×4 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 8-pin EPS |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 16 GB ×4 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit ×4 |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1812 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 231.9 GB/s ×4 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 December 2003 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 8 nm |
A16 PCIe has an age advantage of 17 years, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Extreme Graphics 2 and A16 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Extreme Graphics 2 is a notebook graphics card while A16 PCIe is a workstation one.
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