NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT 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 FX 5600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
940x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / 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
2.4x more memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 166 MHz
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 166 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 235 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 166

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 235 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 166

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

168

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	9	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	166	168

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Celsius
Code name	NV31 A1	NV17 A3
Launch date	17 March 2003	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1031	1032
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	235 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 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	9.0a	8.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR