GeForce4 MX 420 and GeForce3 Ti500 - video card comparison
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce3 Ti500
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name
NV17 A3
NV20 A5
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2002
October 2001
Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
250 MHz
240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
29 million
57 million
Texture fill rate
1.000
1.920
Memory type
SDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
166 MHz
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
1.328 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
8.0
8.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.3
1.3
Vulkan
N/A
N/A