Radeon R7 M520 vs GeForce4 Ti 4200

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKelvin (2001−2003)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNV25 A2Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 February 2002 (22 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 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 coresno data320
Core clock speed250 MHz1030 MHz
Number of transistors63 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate2.00020.60
ROPs48
TMUs820

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x8
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRDDR3
Maximum RAM amount64 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth4 GB/s16 GB/s

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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112.0
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 February 2002 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm

R7 M520 has an age advantage of 15 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

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NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
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