GeForce GT 420 OEM vs 315 OEM

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGT216GF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date31 March 2010 (14 years ago)3 September 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4848
Core clock speed475 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors486 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6002.800
Floating-point processing power0.1056 TFLOPS0.1344 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs164

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.64 GB/s28.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.22.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 March 2010 3 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt

315 OEM has 51.5% lower power consumption.

GT 420 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 315 OEM and GeForce GT 420 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
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