GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GT 420 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 420 OEM |
| 200 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 480
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | vs | GF108 (GF108-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 4 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 1048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 3 Sep 2010 |
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
1.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
2.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
GeForce GT 420 OEM
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 420 OEM
134.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better