CMP 40HX vs GeForce 3 Go

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated305
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.02
Power efficiencyno data6.56
Architectureno dataTuring (2018−2022)
GPU code nameno dataTU106
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 February 2002 (22 years ago)25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data2304
Core clock speedno data1470 MHz
Boost clock speed250 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors27 Million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rateno data237.6
Floating-point processing powerno data7.603 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width32 / 64 / 128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDR12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2002 25 February 2021
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 185 Watt

GeForce 3 Go has 9150% lower power consumption.

CMP 40HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 3 Go and CMP 40HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 3 Go is a notebook card while CMP 40HX is a workstation one.


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