ATI Radeon HD 4200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4200 and NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4200

NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 194
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 112 vs 18

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 16 November 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	372 vs 194
PassMark - G3D Mark	112 vs 18

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

372

194

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4200	NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M
PassMark - G2D Mark	372	194
PassMark - G3D Mark	112	18
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	485

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4200	NVIDIA GeForce 7150M + nForce 630M
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Curie
Code name	RV620	MCP67M
Launch date	10 September 2009	16 November 2007
Place in performance rating	901	902
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Transistor count		112 million
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Shared memory	yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16