GeForce GT 420 OEM vs Radeon RX Vega M GH
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 331 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.78 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 22 | GF108 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 February 2018 (7 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 cores | 1536 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 1063 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1190 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 585 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 114.2 | 2.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.656 TFLOPS | 0.1344 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 4 |
| TMUs | 96 | 4 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | HBM2 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 1024 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | 28.8 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2018 | 3 September 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
RX Vega M GH has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
GT 420 OEM, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega M GH and GeForce GT 420 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GH is a notebook card while GeForce GT 420 OEM is a desktop one.
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