GeForce2 Go vs Radeon R7 265

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking433not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.05no data
Power efficiency4.81no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code namePitcairnNV11 B2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)11 November 2000 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 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 cores1024no data
Core clock speedno data143 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million20 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt2 Watt
Texture fill rate59.200.57
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs644

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s5.312 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 127.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 February 2014 11 November 2000
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 2 Watt

R7 265 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce2 Go, on the other hand, has 7400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 265 and GeForce2 Go. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 265 is a desktop card while GeForce2 Go is a notebook one.


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