RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs GeForce2 MX + nForce 420
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 4 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 21.77 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Crush11 | AD102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 4 June 2001 (23 years ago) | 5 January 2024 (less than a 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 cores | no data | 14080 |
| Core clock speed | 175 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2460 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 20 million | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 285 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.7 | 1,082 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 69.27 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 176 |
| TMUs | 4 | 440 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 440 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 110 |
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 | AGP 4x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-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 type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 864.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 June 2001 | 5 January 2024 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 5 nm |
RTX 5880 Ada Generation has an age advantage of 22 years, and a 3500% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 and RTX 5880 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 is a desktop card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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