NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 14 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
  • 2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
  • Around 75% better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 182.993 vs 162.162
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.475 vs 0.426
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 18.19 vs 12.306
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2029 vs 1731
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2029 vs 1731
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 14 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
Pipelines 192 vs 96
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 182.993 vs 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.475 vs 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.19 vs 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2029 vs 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2029 vs 1731

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 875 MHz
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.329 vs 2.907
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 875 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.329 vs 2.907

Compare benchmarks

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

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.907
4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
182.993
162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.475
0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.19
12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2029
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2029
1731
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.907 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 182.993 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.475 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 18.19 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2029 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2029 1731
PassMark - G3D Mark 394
PassMark - G2D Mark 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 737
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 737
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2906

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi
Code name GK107 GF108
Launch date 24 April 2012 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1514 1516
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 875 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 192 96
Texture fill rate 14 GTexel / s 6.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 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 3.0 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 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 (G)DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA