GeForce2 MX vs Radeon HD 7970

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	395	1546
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.12	no data
Power efficiency	3.73	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Tahiti	NV11 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	22 December 2011 (13 years ago)	28 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	no data	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	118.4	0.7
Floating-point processing power	3.789 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	128	4

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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	274 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	264 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x VGA
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	105	no data
Full HD	93	no data

Cost per frame, $

1080p

5.90

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 December 2011	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm

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