VGA Wonder vs GeForce GT 420M

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1061not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Wonder (1986−1992)
GPU code nameN11P-GE18800-1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 September 2010 (13 years ago)5 February 1990 (34 years ago)
Current price$310 $268

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96no data
CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed500 MHz10 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.0 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance192 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 420M and VGA Wonder compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot

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(G)DDR3DRAM
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 KB
Memory bus width128 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz10 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s40 MB/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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 APIN/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5N/A
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2010 5 February 1990
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 KB
Chip lithography 40 nm 800 nm

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

Be aware that GeForce GT 420M is a notebook card while VGA Wonder is a desktop one.


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