ATI FireGL X1-256 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL X1-256 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FireGL X1-256

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 166 MHz
11.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2002 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 166 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 167

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL X1-256
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

167

168

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI FireGL X1-256	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G2D Mark	167	168
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL X1-256	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Celsius
Code name	R300	NV17 A3
Launch date	1 July 2002	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1025	1026
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt
Transistor count	110 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.84 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR