Quadro4 500 XGL vs Radeon HD 7420G
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1210 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.65 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Scrapper Lite | NV17 A3 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 6 June 2012 (13 years ago) | 19 February 2002 (23 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 cores | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 480 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 655 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 29 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 5.240 | 1.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1677 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | AGP 4x |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | System Shared | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 2.656 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 8.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 June 2012 | 19 February 2002 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 150 nm |
HD 7420G has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 368.8% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7420G and Quadro4 500 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7420G is a notebook graphics card while Quadro4 500 XGL is a workstation one.
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