GeForce4 MX 4000 vs Radeon HD 7870

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking376not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.79no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code namePitcairn XTNV18 A4
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 March 2012 (12 years ago)14 December 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$412.83 no data
Current price$200 (0.5x MSRP)$48

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1000 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors2800 Million29 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Wattno data
Texture fill rate80.001.000

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Length241 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 MHz332 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s2.656 GB/s
Shared memory-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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x VGA
Eyefinity+no data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)8.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7870 4639
+115875%
GeForce4 MX 4000 4

Radeon HD 7870 outperforms GeForce4 MX 4000 by 115875% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2012 14 December 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7870 and GeForce4 MX 4000. We've got no test results to judge.


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