NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 134.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 423 vs 146
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 8 January 2009
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	423 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark	188 vs 30

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2744 vs 1626
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2744 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2744 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2744 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

423

146

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2744

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2744

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
PassMark - G3D Mark	423	146
PassMark - G2D Mark	188	30
Geekbench - OpenCL	1159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1626	2744
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1626	2744

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G96
Launch date	3 September 2010	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1513	1514
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Gigaflops		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	Single Link DVIDisplayPortVGAHDMIDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1048 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	16 (DDR2) / 25 (GDDR3)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	500 (DDR2) / 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0