ATI Radeon 9600 TX vs NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 TX and NVIDIA GeForce4 440 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 9600 TX
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 35% higher core clock speed: 297 MHz vs 220 MHz
- 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
- Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 440 MHz
- 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18 vs 4
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 7 October 2003 vs 6 February 2002 |
Core clock speed | 297 MHz vs 220 MHz |
Maximum memory size | 128 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 540 MHz vs 440 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 18 vs 4 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
- 370.4x more texture fill rate: 880 MTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 138
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 880 MTexel / s vs 2.376 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 140 vs 138 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 TX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon 9600 TX | NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 18 | 4 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 138 | 140 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon 9600 TX | NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 8 | Celsius |
Code name | R300 | NV17 A5 |
Launch date | 7 October 2003 | 6 February 2002 |
Place in performance rating | 1163 | 1164 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 297 MHz | 220 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 2.376 GTexel / s | 880 MTexel / s |
Transistor count | 110 million | 29 million |
Boost clock speed | 220 MHz | |
Pipelines | 2 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Supplementary power connectors | Floppy | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | 8.0 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 8.64 GB / s | 7.04 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 220 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 540 MHz | 440 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | 32 |