A2 vs GeForce4 4200 Go

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1519not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV28MGA107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 November 2002 (22 years ago)10 November 2021 (3 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 cores61280
Core clock speed2 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed200 MHz1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data60 Watt
Texture fill rateno data70.80
Floating-point processing powerno data4.531 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data40
Tensor Coresno data40
Ray Tracing Coresno data10

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 dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data200.1 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.

DirectXDDR12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 November 2002 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

A2 has an age advantage of 18 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce4 4200 Go and A2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce4 4200 Go is a notebook card while A2 is a workstation one.


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