Arc A580 vs GeForce2 MX + nForce 420

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated182
Place by popularitynot in top-100100
Power efficiencyno data12.45
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameCrush11DG2-512
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 June 2001 (23 years ago)10 October 2023 (1 year 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 coresno data3072
Core clock speed175 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors20 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data175 Watt
Texture fill rate0.7384.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs296
TMUs4192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data512.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2001 10 October 2023
Chip lithography 180 nm 6 nm

Arc A580 has an age advantage of 22 years, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 and Arc A580. We've got no test results to judge.


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