NVIDIA GeForce G 205M vs ATI Radeon HD 4520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G 205M and ATI Radeon HD 4520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements.

NVIDIA GeForce G 205M

ATI Radeon HD 4520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G 205M

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later

Launch date	1 January 2010 vs 2 December 2009

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4520

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G 205M	ATI Radeon HD 4520
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	TeraScale
Code name	MCP79MX	RV710
Launch date	1 January 2010	2 December 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	80
Floating-point performance		96 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		242 million
API support
DirectX	10	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None