GeForce2 MX vs GeForce 405M

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1537
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGT218NV11 A2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)28 June 2000 (24 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 cores16no data
Core clock speed606 MHz175 MHz
Number of transistors260 million20 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.8480.7
Floating-point processing power0.03878 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops73no data
ROPs42
TMUs84

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amountUp to 512 MB32 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s2.656 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API7.0
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL4.51.2
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2011 28 June 2000
Chip lithography 40 nm 180 nm

GeForce 405M has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 405M and GeForce2 MX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 405M is a notebook card while GeForce2 MX is a desktop one.


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