NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 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 5700

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.2 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
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 41 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	41 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 173

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	176 vs 173

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

176

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark	41	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	173	176

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Celsius
Code name	NV36 A1	NV17 A3
Launch date	23 October 2003	6 February 2002
Place in performance rating	989	991
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	82 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 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	16 GB / s	7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR