NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 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

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 1.3 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
3.3x more memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 166 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 March 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.3 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	550 MHz vs 166 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

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GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

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Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	13	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	168

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Celsius
Code name	NV31 A1	NV17 A3
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	1022	1024
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt
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	8.8 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR