NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 532 MHz vs 166 MHz
11.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 59 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2005 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	532 MHz vs 166 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	59 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 XE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

168

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	168
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	NV40 A1	NV17 A3
Launch date	30 September 2005	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1021	1024
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.2 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	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.51 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	SDR