Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce4 Go 4200
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 9 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 53 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 34.82 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.67 |
| Architecture | Kelvin (2001−2003) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) |
| GPU code name | NV28 A1 | Navi 31 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 November 2002 (22 years ago) | 3 November 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | no data | 6144 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 1929 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2498 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 36 million | 57,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 355 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 959.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 61.39 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 192 |
| TMUs | 8 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 96 |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 287 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 8-pin |
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 | 64 MB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 3.2 GB/s | 960.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 November 2002 | 3 November 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 5 nm |
RX 7900 XTX has an age advantage of 19 years, a 38300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2900% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce4 Go 4200 and Radeon RX 7900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce4 Go 4200 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop one.
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