GeForce2 MX vs GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	115	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GN20-E5 GA104	NV11 A2
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 January 2021 (3 years ago)	28 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Current price	no data	$76

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	5120	no data
Core clock speed	780 - 1100 MHz	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1290 - 1620 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	17,400 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	287.0	0.7

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and GeForce2 MX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR6	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320.0 GB/s	2.656 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x VGA
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	7.0
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	8.5	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 January 2021	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	8 nm	180 nm

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