GeForce2 Go vs Radeon R9 390 X2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1510
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.34
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGrenadaNV11 B2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date3 September 2015 (9 years ago)11 November 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,399 no data

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 cores2560no data
Core clock speed1000 MHz143 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million20 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)580 Watt2 Watt
Texture fill rate160.00.57
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPSno data
ROPs642
TMUs1604

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors4x 8-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 amount8 GB64 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth345.6 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
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)7.0
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2015 11 November 2000
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 580 Watt 2 Watt

R9 390 X2 has an age advantage of 14 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce2 Go, on the other hand, has 28900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 X2 and GeForce2 Go. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 390 X2 is a desktop card while GeForce2 Go is a notebook one.


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