ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP vs NVS 4200M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1222 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.28 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF119 | RS880 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 22 February 2011 (15 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (16 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 | 48 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz | 498 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 181 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 6.480 | 1.992 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1555 TFLOPS | 0.03984 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 64 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | MXM | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| 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 | DDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 February 2011 | 10 September 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
NVS 4200M has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 38% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between NVS 4200M and Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that NVS 4200M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP is a mobile workstation one.
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