Comparison with other systems
| NeoGeo | Megadrive | Super Nintendo | |
| Main CPU MIPS | ~2.1 | ~1.4 | ~1.5 |
| Color resolution | 16 bits | 9 bits | 15 bits |
| Simultaneous colors | 3841 | 61? | ? |
| BPP | 4 | 4 | 5? |
| Planes | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Sprites | 381 | 80 | 128 |
| Sprite pixels/line | 1536 | 160? | 256 |
| Direct access ROM | ~162MB ? | 4MB | 12.8MB ? |
| DMA | On CD (slow) | Yes | Yes |
| FM channels | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| PSG channels | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| PCM channels | 7 | 1 | 8 |