NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 700 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 14 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48
2.5x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 182.993 vs 109.787
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 7.65 vs 5.005
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 18.19 vs 8.55
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2029 vs 1158
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2029 vs 1158

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	14 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 48
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 134.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	182.993 vs 109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.65 vs 5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	18.19 vs 8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2029 vs 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2029 vs 1158

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

Around 2% higher maximum memory size: 1048 MB vs 1 GB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.121 vs 2.907

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	1048 MB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.121 vs 2.907

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.907

3.121

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

182.993

109.787

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.65

5.005

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18.19

8.55

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2029

1158

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2029

1158

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.907	3.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	182.993	109.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.65	5.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	18.19	8.55
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2029	1158
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2029	1158
PassMark - G3D Mark		425
PassMark - G2D Mark		188
Geekbench - OpenCL		1163
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1626

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK107	GF108
Launch date	24 April 2012	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1514	1517
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	134.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	192	48
Texture fill rate	14 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1048 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.51 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3