ATI Radeon 7200 vs GeForce GTX 980MX
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1611 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Rage 6 (2000−2007) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | R100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (9 years ago) | 1 April 2000 (26 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 | 1664 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 30 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 148 Watt | 23 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 122.5 | 1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.92 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 64 | 2 |
| TMUs | 104 | 6 |
| L1 Cache | 624 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 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 5.312 GB/s |
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 | No outputs | 1x VGA |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 1 April 2000 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 148 Watt | 23 Watt |
GTX 980MX has an age advantage of 16 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 543% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 7200, on the other hand, has 543% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980MX and Radeon 7200. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 980MX is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 7200 is a desktop one.
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