GeForce GT 420 OEM vs GT 240M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1215not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.64no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGT216GF108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 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 cores4848
Core clock speed550 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors486 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate8.8002.800
Floating-point processing power0.1162 TFLOPS0.1344 TFLOPS
Gigaflops174no data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 600 (DDR2), Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2009 3 September 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 50 Watt

GT 240M has 117.4% lower power consumption.

GT 420 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 240M and GeForce GT 420 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 240M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 420 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
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