GeForce4 4200 Go vs GeForce GT 620M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1075	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.21	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	no data
GPU code name	GF108	NV28M
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 August 2012 (12 years ago)	15 November 2002 (21 year 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 cores	96	6
Core clock speed	Up to 625 MHz	2 MHz
Boost clock speed	715 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	10.56	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.2534 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	16	no data

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	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data

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	DDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	Up to 128bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 28.8 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	No outputs	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
Optimus	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	DDR
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 August 2012	15 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm

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