NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200 and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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 Go 4200

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Name	NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark		5
PassMark - G2D Mark		181

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Kelvin	Kelvin
Code name	NV28 A1	NV28 A2
Launch date	14 November 2002	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	990
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR