ATI Radeon HD 4225 vs GeForce Go 6600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1403not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)RV6xx (2008−2010)
GPU code nameNV43 A2RS880M
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 September 2005 (19 years ago)1 May 2010 (14 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 cores1240
Core clock speed300 MHz380 MHz
Boost clock speed375 MHzno data
Number of transistors146 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm55 nm
Texture fill rate2.400no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIno 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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed350 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10.1
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2005 1 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 110 nm 55 nm

ATI HD 4225 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6600 and Radeon HD 4225. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
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