FireStream 9250 vs GeForce4 MX 460

Place in the ranking	1512	774
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.38
Architecture	Celsius (1999−2005)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	NV17 A3	RV770
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	6 February 2002 (22 years ago)	16 June 2008 (16 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	800
Core clock speed	300 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	29 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.200	25.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	1 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	16
TMUs	4	40

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 2.0 x16
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-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	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	225 MHz	993 MHz
Memory bandwidth	7.2 GB/s	63.55 GB/s

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 VGA, 1x S-Video

1x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.0	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	1.3	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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 MX 460 0.01

FireStream 9250 3.02
+30100%

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 MX 460 4

FireStream 9250 1164
+29000%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.01	3.02
Recency	6 February 2002	16 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	150 nm	55 nm

FireStream 9250 has a 30100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.

The FireStream 9250 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 MX 460 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce4 MX 460 is a desktop card while FireStream 9250 is a workstation one.

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