NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 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 - 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 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 89% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 530 MHz
- 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
- Around 51% better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 65 Watt
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 397 vs 367
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 38
- Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 2376
- Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 2376
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 September 2010 vs 14 August 2008 |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 530 MHz |
Pipelines | 96 vs 48 |
Floating-point performance | 192 gflops vs 127.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt vs 65 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 397 vs 367 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 88 vs 38 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2906 vs 2376 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2906 vs 2376 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
- 2x more memory clock speed: 1598 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate | 12.72 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec |
Memory clock speed | 1598 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M | NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 397 | 367 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 88 | 38 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1583 | |
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 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2906 | 2376 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 737 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1731 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2906 | 2376 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M | NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
Code name | GF108 | G94 |
Launch date | 3 September 2010 | 14 August 2008 |
Place in performance rating | 1518 | 1521 |
Type | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $99.95 | |
Price now | $99.95 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 7.66 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 530 MHz |
CUDA cores | 96 | |
Floating-point performance | 192 gflops | 127.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 96 | 48 |
Texture fill rate | 6.0 billion / sec | 12.72 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt | 65 Watt |
Transistor count | 585 million | 505 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-HE |
Laptop size | medium sized | large |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | 51.1 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1598 MHz |
Memory type | (G)DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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PowerMizer 8.0 | ||
PureVideo HD |