Tegra 4 vs ATI Radeon DDR MAXX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 6 (2000−2007)	VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	Rage 6	Tegra 4
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 June 2000 (24 years ago)	1 August 2013 (11 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.

Core clock speed	148 MHz	672 MHz
Number of transistors	30 million	11 million
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	0.89	2.688
ROPs	2	4
TMUs	6	4

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 2x	IGP
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	no 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 type	DDR	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	148 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	4.736 GB/s	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

2x VGA

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	7.0	N/A
OpenGL	1.3	ES 3.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2000	1 August 2013
Chip lithography	180 nm	28 nm

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