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
GPU 1
GPU 2
18
4
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
138
140
Name ATI Radeon 9600 TX NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark 18 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 140

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 9600 TX NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go

Essentials

Architecture Rage 8 Celsius
Code name R300 NV17 A5
Launch date 7 October 2003 6 February 2002
Place in performance rating 1166 1167
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 2x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors Floppy

API support

DirectX 9.0 8.0
OpenGL 2.0 1.3

Memory

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