RTX A5500 Max-Q vs GeForce4 4200 Go
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1604 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | NV28M | GA103 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 15 November 2002 (23 years ago) | 22 March 2022 (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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6 | 7424 |
| Core clock speed | 2 MHz | 585 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 200 MHz | 1260 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 22,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 292.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 18.71 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 96 |
| TMUs | no data | 232 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 232 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 58 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 7.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | no data | 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DDR | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 November 2002 | 22 March 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 8 nm |
RTX A5500 Max-Q has an age advantage of 19 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce4 4200 Go and RTX A5500 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce4 4200 Go is a notebook graphics card while RTX A5500 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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