ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP vs Riva TNT2 Ultra
Contents
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 | Fahrenheit (1998−2000) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | NV5 B5 | RS880 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 March 1999 (26 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | no data |
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 | no data | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 150 MHz | 498 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 15 million | 181 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 250 nm | 55 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 0.3 | 1.992 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.03984 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 2 | 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 4x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | SDR | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 183 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.928 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 1x VGA, 2x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 6.0 | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.2 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 March 1999 | 10 September 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 250 nm | 55 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 4200 IGP has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 354.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Riva TNT2 Ultra and Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Riva TNT2 Ultra is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 4200 IGP is a notebook one.
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