GeForce GT 420 OEM vs Iris Pro Graphics 5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking758not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.38no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameHaswell GT3eGF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 May 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 cores32048
Core clock speed200 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate48.002.800
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS0.1344 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs404

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem shared + 128 MB eDRAMDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 3 September 2010
Chip lithography 22 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 50 Watt

Iris Pro Graphics 5200 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 81.8% more advanced lithography process, and 11.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and GeForce GT 420 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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