NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 vs ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 and ATI Radeon 9800 SE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Launch date 14 December 2003 vs 1 March 2003

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 SE

  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 331 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 1.324 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 580 MHz vs 332 MHz
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24 vs 5
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 331 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.324 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 580 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 24 vs 5

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5
24
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
131
Name NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 ATI Radeon 9800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 5 24
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 131

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 ATI Radeon 9800 SE

Essentials

Architecture Celsius Rage 8
Code name NV18 A4 R350
Launch date 14 December 2003 1 March 2003
Place in performance rating 1206 1207
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz 331 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1 GTexel / s 1.324 GTexel / s
Transistor count 29 million 117 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None Floppy

API support

DirectX 8.0 9.0
OpenGL 1.3 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 2.656 GB / s 9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 332 MHz 580 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR