GeForce4 Ti 4200 vs GeForce GTX 970

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	201	not rated
Place by popularity	65	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.55	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	GM204	NV25 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	19 September 2014 (9 years ago)	6 February 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1664	no data
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	63 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	122.5	2.000
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	224 + 32 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3500 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.4 GB/s	4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	8.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 September 2014	6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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