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).

 

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
91
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 1145 1146
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