3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q

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
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code nameGA104VSA-101
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores5888no data
Core clock speed510 MHz166 MHz
Boost clock speed1035 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 million14 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate190.40.33
Floating-point processing power12.19 TFLOPSno data
ROPs962
TMUs1842
Tensor Cores184no data
Ray Tracing Cores46no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 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 typeGDDR6DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s2.656 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)6.0
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt

RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q has a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB, on the other hand, has 433.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q and 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q is a notebook card while 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 PCI 32 MB is a desktop one.


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