GeForce4 MX 460 vs GeForce 205 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GT218	NV17 A3
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	26 November 2009 (14 years ago)	6 February 2002 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	no data
Core clock speed	589 MHz	300 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	31 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	4.712	1.200
Floating-point performance	22.432 gflops	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
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR2	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	450 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	7.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	8.0
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 November 2009	6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm

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