GeForce4 420 Go vs GeForce FX Go 5700

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1523
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataCelsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameNV36MNV17 A5
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 January 2004 (20 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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores42
Core clock speedno data200 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHz190 MHz
Number of transistorsno data29 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm150 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.8
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data4

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 4x

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount32 MB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed275 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data3.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDR8.0
OpenGLno data1.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2004 6 February 2002
Chip lithography 130 nm 150 nm

FX Go 5700 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX Go 5700 and GeForce4 420 Go. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700
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