Radeon E9174 MXM vs GeForce4 MX 460

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameNV17 A3Lexa
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 February 2002 (22 years ago)3 October 2017 (7 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 coresno data512
Core clock speed300 MHz1124 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1219 MHz
Number of transistors29 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate1.20039.01
Floating-point processing powerno data1.248 TFLOPS
ROPs216
TMUs432

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 4xMXM-A (3.0)
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed225 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth7.2 GB/s96 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.012 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 February 2002 3 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 14 nm

E9174 MXM has an age advantage of 15 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce4 MX 460 and Radeon E9174 MXM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce4 MX 460 is a desktop card while Radeon E9174 MXM is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460
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