Radeon Pro 5600M vs GeForce4 Go 4200
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 230 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 33.22 |
| Architecture | Kelvin (2001−2003) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | NV28 A1 | Navi 12 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 14 November 2002 (21 year ago) | 15 June 2020 (4 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 cores | no data | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1030 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 36 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 164.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 5.274 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| TMUs | 8 | 160 |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3.2 GB/s | 394.2 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 November 2002 | 15 June 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 7 nm |
Pro 5600M has an age advantage of 17 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce4 Go 4200 and Radeon Pro 5600M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce4 Go 4200 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 5600M is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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