GeForce GTS 250 vs GeForce GT 420 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTS 250 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 420 OEM |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTS 250 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTS 250
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTS 250 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92B (G92-428-B1) | vs | GF108 (GF108-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 260 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 702 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 4 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTS 250 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTS 250 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Mar 2009 | vs | 3 Sep 2010 |
GeForce GTS 250
11.20 GP/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
1.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 250
44.90 GT/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
2.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTS 250
64.00 GB/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTS 250
387.10 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 420 OEM
134.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better