ATI Radeon 9600 TX vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 TX and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 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 9600 TX

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 TX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 297 MHz vs 275 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 2.376 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	297 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.376 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 138

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	140 vs 138

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 TX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

140

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 TX	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	18	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	138	140

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 TX	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Celsius
Code name	R300	NV17 A3
Launch date	7 October 2003	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1163	1165
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	297 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.376 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy	None
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	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	540 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR