GeForce4 4200 Go vs Radeon RX 490M

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
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)no data
GPU code namePolarisNV28M
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 August 2016 (8 years ago)15 November 2002 (22 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 data6
Core clock speedno data2 MHz
Boost clock speedno data200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm150 nm

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 sizelargemedium sized

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amountno data128 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data200 MHz
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX12DDR

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 August 2016 15 November 2002
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm

RX 490M has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

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AMD Radeon RX 490M
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