ATI Radeon HD 4200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4200 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4200

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4200

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 96

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 8 January 2009
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	372 vs 96

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

2.5x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 500 MHz
12x more pipelines: 2x 240 vs 40
3.5x more maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 512 MB
10.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1201 vs 112
6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3107 vs 485
6.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3107 vs 485

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	2x 240 vs 40
Maximum memory size	1792 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3107 vs 485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3107 vs 485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

372

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

1201

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

485

3107

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

485

3107

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
PassMark - G2D Mark	372	96
PassMark - G3D Mark	112	1201
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	485	3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	485	3107
Geekbench - OpenCL		21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3443

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4200	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Tesla 2.0
Code name	RV620	GT200B
Launch date	10 September 2009	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	919	920
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$500
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	2x 240
CUDA cores		480
CUDA cores per GPU		240
Floating-point performance		2x 596.2 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		289 Watt
Transistor count		1,400 million
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1792 MB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		896 Bit
Memory clock speed		999 MHz
Memory interface width per GPU		448 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		896 MB
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin