ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV100 | NV17 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Rage 6 | Celsius |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 180 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 30 million | 29 million |
| Die size | 80 mm² | 65 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | MX420 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Mar 14th, 2004 | Feb 6th, 2002 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R100 | GeForce 4 MX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCI | AGP 4x |
| Predecessor | Rage 6 | GeForce 3 |
| Successor | Radeon R200 | GeForce 4 Ti |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 183 MHz | 250 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 183 MHz 366 Mbps effective | 166 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 32 MB | 64 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | SDR |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 2.928 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 0 | 0 |
| TMUs | 3 | 4 |
| ROPs | 1 | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 183.0 MPixel/s | 500.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 549.0 MTexel/s | 1.000 GTexel/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 23 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 7.0 | 7.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Vertex shader | 1.1 | 1.1 |
