Radeon Pro Vega II 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 | 138 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 6.29 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 6.02 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Crush11 | Vega 20 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 June 2001 (24 years ago) | 3 June 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,199 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | no data | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 175 MHz | 1574 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1720 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 20 million | 13,230 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 475 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.7 | 440.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 14.09 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 64 |
| TMUs | 4 | 256 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
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 | Apple MPX |
| Width | IGP | Quad-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 | System Shared | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 4096 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 806 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 825.3 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 HDMI 2.0b, 4x Thunderbolt |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 June 2001 | 3 June 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 7 nm |
Pro Vega II has an age advantage of 17 years, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 and Radeon Pro Vega II. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro Vega II is a workstation one.
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