AMD FirePro W4170M vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4170M and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro W4170M

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 250 MHz
21.6x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
24.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 166 MHz
207.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1037 vs 5
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2014 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 166 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1037 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1037

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

168

Name	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	1037	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	168
Geekbench - OpenCL	6460
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	15.502
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2802
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2802
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2689
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2689

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W4170M	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Celsius
Code name	Mars	NV17 A3
Launch date	28 April 2014	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1035	1032
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	SDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay