Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce4 420 Go

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce4 420 Go and Radeon Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GeForce4 420 Go
2002
32 MB DDR
0.01

Vega 7 outperforms GeForce4 420 Go by a whopping 74500% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1519530
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Power efficiencyno data11.56
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNV17 A5Cezanne
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 February 2002 (22 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years 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 cores2448
Core clock speed200 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed190 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors29 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rate0.853.20
Floating-point processing powerno data1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs28
TMUs428

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount32 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed200 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2

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-0−122
1440p-0−128
4K-0−120

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−73233%
2200−2250
+73233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−73650%
2950−3000
+73650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−74275%
5950−6000
+74275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−73650%
2950−3000
+73650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−74364%
20850−20900
+74364%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−73233%
2200−2250
+73233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−73650%
2950−3000
+73650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−74275%
5950−6000
+74275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−73650%
2950−3000
+73650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−74344%
6700−6750
+74344%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−74364%
20850−20900
+74364%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−73233%
2200−2250
+73233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−73650%
2950−3000
+73650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−74275%
5950−6000
+74275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−73650%
2950−3000
+73650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−74344%
6700−6750
+74344%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−74364%
20850−20900
+74364%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
−74067%
4450−4500
+74067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−69900%
700−750
+69900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−72400%
1450−1500
+72400%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.01 7.46
Recency 6 February 2002 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 150 nm 7 nm

Vega 7 has a 74500% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 19 years, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 420 Go in performance tests.


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