NVIDIA NVS 5200M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 5200M 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: 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5200M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 10.75 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
  • Around 34% better floating-point performance: 258.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 3.9x more memory clock speed: 3140 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 507 vs 394
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 88
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2130 vs 1583
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.829 vs 4.329
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 189.966 vs 162.162
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.539 vs 0.426
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 16.851 vs 12.306
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 September 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 10.75 GTexel / s vs 6.0 billion / sec
Floating-point performance 258.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3140 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 507 vs 394
PassMark - G2D Mark 188 vs 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 2130 vs 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.829 vs 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 189.966 vs 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.539 vs 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.851 vs 12.306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 737 vs 222
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 1099
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2906 vs 2715
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 737 vs 222
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 1099
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2906 vs 2715
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 672 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 737 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1731 vs 1099
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2906 vs 2715
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 737 vs 222
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731 vs 1099
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2906 vs 2715

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 5200M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
507
394
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
188
88
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2130
1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.829
4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.966
162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.539
0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.851
12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
222
737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1099
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2715
2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
222
737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1099
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2715
2906
Name NVIDIA NVS 5200M NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
PassMark - G3D Mark 507 394
PassMark - G2D Mark 188 88
Geekbench - OpenCL 2130 1583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.829 4.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 189.966 162.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.539 0.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.851 12.306
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 222 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1099 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2715 2906
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 222 737
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1099 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2715 2906

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 5200M NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF108 GF108
Launch date 17 September 2012 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1513 1516
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 672 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 258.0 gflops 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 96
Texture fill rate 10.75 GTexel / s 6.0 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized 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 25.12 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3140 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 (G)DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA