GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	334	not rated
Place by popularity	52	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.34	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	Crush11
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 October 2018 (7 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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	1284 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	164.4	0.7
Floating-point processing power	5.259 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	128	4
L1 Cache	512 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	224.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	7.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 October 2018	4 June 2001
Chip lithography	14 nm	180 nm

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