NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

2x more maximum memory size: 1048 MB vs 512 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 424 vs 397
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 86

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	1048 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	424 vs 397
PassMark - G2D Mark	188 vs 86

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 6.0 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
Around 43% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1583 vs 1163
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.329 vs 3.121
Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 162.162 vs 109.787
Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 12.306 vs 8.55
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 737 vs 660
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 1158
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 1626
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 737 vs 660
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 1158
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.0 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 48
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1583 vs 1163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.329 vs 3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	162.162 vs 109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.306 vs 8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	737 vs 660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1731 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2906 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	737 vs 660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1731 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2906 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

424

397

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

1583

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.121

4.329

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

109.787

162.162

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.55

12.306

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

660

737

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1158

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2906

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

660

737

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1158

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2906

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
PassMark - G3D Mark	424	397
PassMark - G2D Mark	188	86
Geekbench - OpenCL	1163	1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.121	4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	109.787	162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	8.55	12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	660	737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1158	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1626	2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	660	737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1626	2906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.426

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Fermi
Code name	GF108	GF108
Launch date	3 September 2010	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1517	1518
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	96
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	6.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1048 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	(G)DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA