GeForce GT 420 OEM vs 710M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1053not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.49no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK208GF108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 July 2013 (11 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 cores19248
Core clock speed719 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate11.502.800
Floating-point processing power0.2761 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-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 amount1 GB1 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no data
HDMI++
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 July 2013 3 September 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt

GeForce 710M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 710M and GeForce GT 420 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 710M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 420 OEM is a desktop one.


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