Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs GeForce4 420 Go

Place in the ranking	1519	21
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	18.65
Architecture	Celsius (1999−2005)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	NV17 A5	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 February 2002 (22 years ago)	27 July 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2	5120
Core clock speed	200 MHz	1287 MHz
Boost clock speed	190 MHz	2245 MHz
Number of transistors	29 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	260 Watt
Texture fill rate	0.8	718.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	45.98 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	160
TMUs	4	320
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	80

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	AGP 4x	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	276 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

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	DDR	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	8.0	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	1.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce4 420 Go 0.01

RX 7900 GRE 69.55
+695400%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce4 420 Go 3

RX 7900 GRE 26828
+894167%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	-0−1	213
1440p	-0−1	131
4K	-0−1	80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−10300%

208
+10300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4633%	140−150 +4633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −5850%	110−120 +5850%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −9100%	184 +9100%
Hitman 3	4−5 −3125%	120−130 +3125%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3038%	250−260 +3038%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −7125%	280−290 +7125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −443%	150−160 +443%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4633%	140−150 +4633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −5850%	110−120 +5850%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −7800%	158 +7800%
Hitman 3	4−5 −3125%	120−130 +3125%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3038%	250−260 +3038%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −9975%	403 +9975%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1533%	140−150 +1533%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −443%	150−160 +443%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −4633%	140−150 +4633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −5850%	110−120 +5850%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −7300%	148 +7300%
Hitman 3	4−5 −3125%	120−130 +3125%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −3575%	294 +3575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −8725%	353 +8725%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −2222%	209 +2222%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −443%	150−160 +443%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	98
Hitman 3	6−7 −1567%	100−105 +1567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −11450%	231 +11450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−5600%

110−120
+5600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −5500%	55−60 +5500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	50−55

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3600%

70−75
+3600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Battlefield 5	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Battlefield 5	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	128 +0%	128 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	252 +0%	252 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	156 +0%	156 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Hitman 3	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	125 +0%	125 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	45 +0%	45 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	131 +0%	131 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7900 GRE is 11450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 7900 GRE is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.01	69.55
Recency	6 February 2002	27 July 2023
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	5 nm

RX 7900 GRE has a 695400% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 21 year, a 51100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7900 GRE is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 420 Go in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce4 420 Go is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7900 GRE is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.