NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 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 460

  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 1.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 450 MHz vs 166 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 450 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Name NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 PCI NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 176

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 PCI NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460

Essentials

Architecture Celsius Celsius
Code name NV17 A3 NV17 A3
Launch date 6 February 2002 6 February 2002
Place in performance rating not rated 984
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1 GTexel / s 1.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 29 million 29 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 8.0 8.0
OpenGL 1.3 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 1.328 GB / s 7.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 166 MHz 450 MHz
Memory type SDR DDR

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