ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 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 Radeon 7000 Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
549x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Launch date	14 March 2004 vs 14 December 2003
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB

Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

Name	ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark		5
PassMark - G2D Mark		131

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Celsius
Code name	RV100	NV18 A4
Launch date	14 March 2004	14 December 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1245
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	183 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	7.0	8.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.928 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	366 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR