ATI Radeon 9500 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9500 and NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
- 137.5x more core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 2 MHz
- 9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 4
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 March 2003 vs 15 November 2002 |
Core clock speed | 275 MHz vs 2 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 36 vs 4 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
- 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Maximum memory size | 128 MB vs 64 MB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon 9500 | NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 36 | 4 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 173 | 173 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon 9500 | NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 8 | |
Code name | R300 | NV28M |
Launch date | 1 March 2003 | 15 November 2002 |
Place in performance rating | 996 | 997 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 275 MHz | 2 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.1 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 12 Watt | |
Transistor count | 110 million | |
Boost clock speed | 200 MHz | |
Pipelines | 4 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | DDR |
OpenGL | 2.0 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 17.28 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 200 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 540 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR | 128 |
Shared memory | 0 |