ATI Radeon 9000 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9000 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 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 9000 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 1.1 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
3.3x more memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	1 July 2002 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Name	ATI Radeon 9000 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G3D Mark		5
PassMark - G2D Mark		168

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9000 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Celsius
Code name	RV250	NV17 A3
Launch date	1 July 2002	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	1055
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.0
OpenGL	1.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR