RTX A500 Mobile vs GeForce4 MX 4000

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameNV18 A4GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 December 2003 (20 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Current price$48 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2048
Core clock speed250 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1537 MHz
Number of transistors29 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate1.00098.37

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce4 MX 4000 and RTX A500 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed332 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.656 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x VGANo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2003 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce4 MX 4000 and RTX A500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce4 MX 4000 is a desktop card while RTX A500 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
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