AMD Radeon 540X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
AMD Radeon 540X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon 540X  vs  NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420.

558
Place in performance rating
not rated
GCN 4.0
Architecture
Celsius
Lexa
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
no data
12 August 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
6 February 2002 (19 years ago)
$421
Price now
$31
3.25
Value for money
no data
Lexa
GPU code name
NV17 A3
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon 540X  vs  NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

512
Pipelines
no data
no data
Core clock speed
250 MHz
1046 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,200 million
Transistor count
no data
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
33.47
Texture fill rate
1.000
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1219 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,200 million
Number of transistors
29 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon 540X and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
AGP 4x
None
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon 540X vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420.

GDDR5
Memory type
SDR
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
166 MHz
112.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
1.328 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon 540X vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x VGA, 1x S-Video
+
HDMI
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon 540X and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
no data
4.6
OpenGL
no data
+
Vulkan
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon 540X and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon 540X or NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon 540X 41.1
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon 540X

2.27% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 150 nm)

More memory bandwidth (112.0 GB/s vs 1.328 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Cheaper ($31 vs $421)

More maximum RAM amount (64 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon 540X or NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon 540X .

AMD Radeon 540X versus NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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15167 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Score

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2435 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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2779 (100 %)

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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4097 (100 %)

3DMark Vantage Performance

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11545 (100 %)

Unigine Heaven 3.0

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Passmark

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1355 (100 %)

User rating

4.3 Out of 157 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 3 Hitesti Score