ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 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 4670

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
57.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 463 vs 8
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 375 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	463 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	375 vs 247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

37x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

463

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

375

247

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
PassMark - G3D Mark	463	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	375	247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2907
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2907

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	M96	NV34 A1
Launch date	9 January 2009	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	698	700
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay