NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M 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 - T-Rex (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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 561 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 96 vs 72
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 162 gflops
  • Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 70
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 926
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 1450
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 926
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 1450
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2010 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 561 MHz
Pipelines 96 vs 72
Floating-point performance 192 gflops vs 162 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 89 vs 70
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1731 vs 926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2906 vs 1450
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731 vs 926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2906 vs 1450

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 13.46 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 467 vs 397
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7043 vs 1583
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 13.46 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 2200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 467 vs 397
Geekbench - OpenCL 7043 vs 1583

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
397
467
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
89
70
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1583
7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1731
926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2906
1450
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1731
926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2906
1450
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
PassMark - G3D Mark 397 467
PassMark - G2D Mark 89 70
Geekbench - OpenCL 1583 7043
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1731 926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2906 1450
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731 926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2906 1450

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT215
Launch date 3 September 2010 15 June 2009
Place in performance rating 1509 1511
Type Laptop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 561 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 192 gflops 162 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 72
Texture fill rate 6.0 billion / sec 13.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 727 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 2200 MHz
Memory type (G)DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA