ATI Radeon 9800 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 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 9800 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 380 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 3.04 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 680 MHz vs 450 MHz
16.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 66 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	380 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.04 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	680 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	66 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 175

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	176 vs 175

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

175

176

Name	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark	66	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	175	176

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9800 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Celsius
Code name	R360	NV17 A3
Launch date	1 October 2003	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	983	984
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	380 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.04 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt
Transistor count	117 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	21.76 GB / s	7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	680 MHz	450 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR