GeForce GT 420 OEM vs GTX 750

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking489not rated
Place by popularity95not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.37no data
Power efficiency10.97no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGM107GF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years ago)3 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores51248
Core clock speed1020 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature95 °Cno data
Texture fill rate34.722.800
Floating-point processing power1.111 TFLOPS0.1344 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs324

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm145 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5.0 GB/s900 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s28.8 GB/s

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One mini-HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support3 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2014 3 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 750 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 420 OEM, on the other hand, has 10% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 750 and GeForce GT 420 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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