GeForce 256 SDR vs MX150

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking592not rated
Place by popularity99not in top-100
Power efficiency40.36no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGP108NV10 A3
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 May 2017 (7 years ago)11 October 1999 (25 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed937 MHz120 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,800 million17 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm220 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.910.48
Floating-point processing power0.7972 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs244

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz143 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s1.144 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)7.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 May 2017 11 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 220 nm

GeForce MX150 has an age advantage of 17 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX150 and GeForce 256 SDR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX150 is a notebook card while GeForce 256 SDR is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce MX150
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