NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 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 FX 5200 Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 1.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 March 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 138

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	140 vs 138

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

140

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	12	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	138	140

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Celsius
Code name	NV34 A2	NV17 A3
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1173	1175
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Length	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR