GeForce4 MX 420 vs ATI Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameR480NV17 A3
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2006 (18 years ago)6 February 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.

Core clock speed520 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors160 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm150 nm
Texture fill rate8.3201.000
ROPs162
TMUs164

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 4x
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed540 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth34.56 GB/s1.328 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 Connectors2x DVI1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)8.0
OpenGL2.01.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2006 6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 150 nm

ATI X850 CrossFire Edition has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition and GeForce4 MX 420. We've got no test results to judge.


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