NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 8280E

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	1053	not rated
Value for money	0.01	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Kalindi	GF108
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 April 2013 (9 years old)	3 September 2010 (12 years old)
Current price	$59	no data

Technical specs

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 cores	128	48
Core clock speed	450 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.600	2.800
Floating-point performance	no data	134.4 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on 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).

Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	145 mm
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	System Shared	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	1 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	28.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	no data	+

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.1

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	23 April 2013	3 September 2010
Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	48
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt

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