NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M vs ATI Radeon X800 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M and ATI Radeon X800 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GF108GPU NameR423
N11P-GE-A1Model numberR423 XT
(215RBJAGA12F)
FermiArchitectureR400
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size130 nm
585 millionTransistors160 million
116 mm²Die Size289 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 3rd, 2010Release DateDec 1st, 2004
GeForce 400MFamilyRadeon R400 PCIe
(X800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 300MPredecessorRadeon R300
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

512 MBMemory Size256 MB
DDR3Memory TypeGDDR3
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
25.60 GB/sBandwidth32.00 GB/s

Performance

2.000 GPixel/sPixel fillrate8.000 GPixel/s
8.000 GTexel/sTexture fillrate8.000 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective
500 MHzGPU Clock500 MHz

Render Config

16TMUs16
4ROPs16

Board Design

23 WThermal design power (TDP)54 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX9.0b (9_2)
4.6OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A