NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 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

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	6 March 2003 vs 3 March 2001
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

800x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
PassMark - G3D Mark	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	154

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Celsius
Code name	NV34 A2	NV11 B2
Launch date	6 March 2003	3 March 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	1119	not rated
Price now	$69.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	20 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
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	7.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR