NVIDIA Edge 3D 2120XL vs AMD Radeon RX 470D

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)no data
GPU code nameEllesmereNV1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 October 2016 (7 years old)30 September 1995 (28 years old)
Current price$201 no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1792no data
Core clock speed926 MHz60 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million1 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate135.10.06
Floating-point performance4,322 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Length241 mm191 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR5DRAM
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed6600 MHz60 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s240.0 MB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x VGA
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)1.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 21 October 2016 30 September 1995
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 500 nm

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