Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm: specs and benchmarks
Summary
ATI started Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm sales 18 April 2001 at a recommended price of $299. This is a desktop card based on 180 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4 MB of eDRAM memory clocked at 0.15 GHz are supplied, and together with 2560 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 48 GB/s.
Its manufacturer default version has a length of 302 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 79 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| GPU code name | GS-180nm | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 18 April 2001 (23 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000) |
Detailed specifications
Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 147 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 54 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 79 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 1.176 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| ROPs | 16 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 8 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Length | 302 mm |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | eDRAM | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 MB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 2560 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 150 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 48 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Sony Playstation 2 GPU 180nm, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | N/A | |
| OpenGL | N/A | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
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