ATI Mobility FireGL T2 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL T2 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility FireGL T2

NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL T2

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
160x more core clock speed: 320 MHz vs 2 MHz
Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 41 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2003 vs 15 November 2002
Core clock speed	320 MHz vs 2 MHz
Boost clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	41 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 171

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 171

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL T2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

173

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL T2	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark	41	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	171	173

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL T2	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8
Code name	M10	NV28M
Launch date	1 November 2003	15 November 2002
Place in performance rating	994	997
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	300 MHz	200 MHz
Core clock speed	320 MHz	2 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	4	4
Texture fill rate	1.28 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0	DDR
OpenGL	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	200 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz
Memory type	128	128
Shared memory	0	0