GeForce4 MX 4000 vs Radeon RX 570

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	301	not rated
Place by popularity	18	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.32	no data
Power efficiency	10.42	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	NV18 A4
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	14 December 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2048	no data
Core clock speed	1168 MHz	250 MHz
Boost clock speed	1244 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	29 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	159.2	1.000
Floating-point processing power	5.095 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	2
TMUs	128	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	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	241 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	2.656 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x VGA
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

+

-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	8.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 April 2017	14 December 2003
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	150 nm

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