NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 2.56 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 166 MHz
22x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 110 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2005 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 166 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	110 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 166

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

168

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	110	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	168

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	NV41	NV17 A3
Launch date	16 January 2005	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1013	1025
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.56 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	222 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR