NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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 GeForce4 420 Go

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
400x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm

Launch date	6 February 2002 vs 14 August 2000
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 460 MHz vs 400 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 200 MHz
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	460 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6 vs 3

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	147	147

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV17 A5	NV15 A4
Launch date	6 February 2002	14 August 2000
Place in performance rating	1131	1133
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	190 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	2
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	200 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	32	DDR