AMD Radeon R8 M445DX vs NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M445DX and NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M445DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 6 month(s) later
390x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 2 MHz
5.1x more boost clock speed: 1021 MHz vs 200 MHz
176x more pipelines: 704 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 181 vs 173
199.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 797 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 15 November 2002
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 2 MHz
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	704 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	181 vs 173
PassMark - G3D Mark	797 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

181

173

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

797

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1427
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1427
PassMark - G2D Mark	181	173
PassMark - G3D Mark	797	4
Geekbench - OpenCL	21666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M445DX	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0
Code name	Meso	NV28M
Launch date	15 May 2016	15 November 2002
Place in performance rating	1006	1003
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz	200 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	2 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	704	4
Transistor count	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	DDR
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory bus width	128 + 64 Bit	200 Bit
Memory type	DDR4 / DDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB