CMP 170HX vs GeForce GT 220M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1312not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.54no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG96CGA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,299

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 cores324480
Core clock speed500 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors314 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate8.000394.8
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS12.63 TFLOPS
ROPs8128
TMUs16280
Tensor Coresno data280

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).

InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 4.0 x4
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1458 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s1,493 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0N/A
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.18.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2009 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 250 Watt

GT 220M has 1685.7% lower power consumption.

CMP 170HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 220M and CMP 170HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220M is a notebook card while CMP 170HX is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
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