GeForce2 MX + nForce 220 vs Radeon R9 M290X
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 569 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.98 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Neptune | Crush11 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2014 (12 years ago) | 4 June 2001 (24 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 cores | 1280 | no data |
| Compute units | 20 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 175 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 20 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 72.00 | 0.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.304 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 2 |
| TMUs | 80 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
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 size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (5.1) | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2014 | 4 June 2001 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 180 nm |
R9 M290X has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 543% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M290X and GeForce2 MX + nForce 220. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R9 M290X is a notebook graphics card while GeForce2 MX + nForce 220 is a desktop one.
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