GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs GT 220

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1212not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.67no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT216AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data

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 cores489728
Core clock speed625 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1455 MHz
Number of transistors486 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.840442.3
Floating-point processing power0.1277 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs8112
TMUs16304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.3 GB/s448.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsVGADVIHDMIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 80 Watt

GT 220 has 37.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 220 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
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