3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP vs GeForce2 MX + nForce 420
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | Voodoo Scalable (2000) |
| GPU code name | Crush11 | VSA-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 June 2001 (24 years ago) | 22 June 2000 (25 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $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.
| Core clock speed | 175 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 20 million | 14 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.7 | 0.33 ×2 |
| ROPs | 2 | 2 ×2 |
| TMUs | 4 | 2 ×2 |
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).
| Interface | AGP 4x | AGP 2x |
| Width | IGP | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
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 | System Shared | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 32 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 2.656 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 June 2001 | 22 June 2000 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 250 nm |
GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 38.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 and 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
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