GeForce4 MX 420 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4850 with GeForce4 MX 420, including specs and performance data.
Mobility HD 4850 outperforms MX 420 by a whopping 14900% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1016 | 1573 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | M98 | NV17 A3 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 6 February 2002 (23 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 cores | 800 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 956 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 20.00 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.8 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 2 |
| TMUs | 40 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no 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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR3 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 850 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 54.4 GB/s | 1.328 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 41 | -0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 35−40 | 0−1 |
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 30−35 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 35−40 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 35−40 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 5−6 | 0−1 |
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 7−8 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 8−9 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra
| Dota 2 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.50 | 0.01 |
| Recency | 9 January 2009 | 6 February 2002 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 150 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 4850 has a 14900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 MX 420 in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4850 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce4 MX 420 is a desktop one.
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