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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon 9800 PRO | NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 66 | 4 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 175 | 176 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO | NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
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 | 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 |