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.

 

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
66
4
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 984 985
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