AMD Radeon R4 Graphics vs NVIDIA NVS 4200M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R4 Graphics and NVIDIA NVS 4200M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
  • Around 32% better floating-point performance: 204.8 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 336 vs 281
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 99 vs 77
  • 7.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8386 vs 1155
  • Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.721 vs 2.559
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 107.613 vs 103.797
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 10.612 vs 6.826
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 13.097 vs 12.836
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 701 vs 412
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1338 vs 688
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1811 vs 1726
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 701 vs 412
  • Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1338 vs 688
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1811 vs 1726
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 June 2014 vs 22 February 2011
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Floating-point performance 204.8 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 336 vs 281
PassMark - G2D Mark 99 vs 77
Geekbench - OpenCL 8386 vs 1155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.721 vs 2.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 107.613 vs 103.797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.612 vs 6.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.097 vs 12.836
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 701 vs 412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1338 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1811 vs 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 701 vs 412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1338 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1811 vs 1726

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 4200M

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 6.48 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.48 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 4200M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
281
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
99
77
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8386
1155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.721
2.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
107.613
103.797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.612
6.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.097
12.836
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
701
412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1338
688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1811
1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
701
412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1338
688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1811
1726
Name AMD Radeon R4 Graphics NVIDIA NVS 4200M
PassMark - G3D Mark 336 281
PassMark - G2D Mark 99 77
Geekbench - OpenCL 8386 1155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.721 2.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 107.613 103.797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.445 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.612 6.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.097 12.836
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 701 412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1338 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1811 1726
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 701 412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1338 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1811 1726

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R4 Graphics NVIDIA NVS 4200M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Beema GF119
Launch date 11 June 2014 22 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1548 1640
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 204.8 gflops 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 48
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s 6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 930 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP MXM
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Shared memory 0