GeForce GT 420 OEM vs GeForce GT 710
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 420 OEM |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 710 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 710
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 420 OEM | | GeForce GT 710 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (GF108-200-A1) | vs | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 700 MHz | vs | 954 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 420 OEM | | GeForce GT 710 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 420 OEM | | GeForce GT 710 | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 3 Sep 2010 | vs | 27 Mar 2014 |
GeForce GT 420 OEM
1.40 GP/s
GeForce GT 710
3.82 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 420 OEM
2.80 GT/s
GeForce GT 710
15.26 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 420 OEM
28.80 GB/s
GeForce GT 710
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 420 OEM
134.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 710
366.30 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better