ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 260 vs 175

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 1 November 2007
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	260 vs 175

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 462 vs 91
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2485 vs 511
4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2485 vs 511

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 498 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	462 vs 91
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2485 vs 511
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2485 vs 511

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

462

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

260

175

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

511

2485

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

511

2485

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	91	462
PassMark - G2D Mark	260	175
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	511	2485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	511	2485

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RS880	G92
Launch date	10 September 2009	1 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1151	1152
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	498 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Transistor count	181 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		240 gflops
Pipelines		96
Texture fill rate		24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI