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.

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000

ATI Radeon 9800 SE

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	1205	1206
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