ATI Radeon HD 4200 vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4200 and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 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 PCX 5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4200

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 372 vs 197
18.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 112 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 17 February 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	372 vs 197
PassMark - G3D Mark	112 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

372

197

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4200	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300
PassMark - G2D Mark	372	197
PassMark - G3D Mark	112	6
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	485

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4200	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Rankine
Code name	RV620	NV37
Launch date	10 September 2009	17 February 2004
Place in performance rating	898	900
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate		1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count		45 million
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		650 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None