Radeon R5 A220 vs GeForce PCX 4300

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameNV19Caicos
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 February 2004 (20 years ago)2014 (10 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 coresno data160
Core clock speed250 MHz775 MHz
Number of transistors29 million370 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate0.56.200
ROPs24
TMUs28

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-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 typeDDRDDR3
Maximum RAM amount64 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz1800 MBps
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/s14.4 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.011.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGL1.34.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 40 nm

R5 A220 has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce PCX 4300 and Radeon R5 A220. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300
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