NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M 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 Quadro FX 2700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 134.4 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1048 MB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1598 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 424 vs 367
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 14 August 2008
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 530 MHz
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	1048 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1598 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	424 vs 367
PassMark - G2D Mark	188 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

4.5x more texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2376 vs 1626
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2376 vs 1626

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2376 vs 1626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2376 vs 1626

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

424

367

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2376

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

2376

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
PassMark - G3D Mark	424	367
PassMark - G2D Mark	188	38
Geekbench - OpenCL	1163
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	2376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1626	2376

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G94
Launch date	3 September 2010	14 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1518	1521
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.95
Price now		$99.95
Value for money (0-100)		7.66
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	134.4 gflops	127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	48
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s	12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1048 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1598 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD