ATI Hemlock vs GeForce G 205M
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 | G9x (2007−2010) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | MCP79MX | Hemlock |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (14 years ago) | no data |
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 | 16 | 1600 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,154 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
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.
| Shared memory | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
ATI Hemlock has a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce G 205M and Hemlock. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce G 205M is a notebook card while Hemlock is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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