GeForce2 MX 400 PCI vs Quadro M1200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking502not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency12.81no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGM107NV11 B2
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)3 March 2001 (23 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 cores640no data
Core clock speed1093 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million20 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattno data
Texture fill rate43.720.8
Floating-point processing power1.399 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs404

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCI
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s2.656 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX127.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 3 March 2001
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm

Quadro M1200 has an age advantage of 15 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M1200 and GeForce2 MX 400 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M1200 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce2 MX 400 PCI is a desktop one.


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