GeForce2 MX + nForce 220 vs GeForce 945A

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	607	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GM108	Crush11
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	4 June 2001 (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	384	no data
Core clock speed	1072 MHz	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1189 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	28.54	0.7
Floating-point performance	903.2 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 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Width	MXM Module	IGP

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	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB/s	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 Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 March 2015	4 June 2001
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm

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