GeForce2 MX 400 vs GeForce GT 625M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1038not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.76no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGF117NV11 B2
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)3 March 2001 (23 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 cores96no data
Core clock speedUp to 625 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistors585 million20 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.000.8
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
ROPs42
TMUs164

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
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 14.4 GB/s2.656 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.2
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 3 March 2001
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm

GT 625M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 625M and GeForce2 MX 400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 625M is a notebook card while GeForce2 MX 400 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
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