Radeon HD 8470 vs GeForce GT 420 |
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Released September, 2010
Nvidia GeForce GT 420
- 700 MHz
- 1 GB DDR3
5.8 Out of 10
by Ken-Addison (Jul, 2015)Built around a 42-in LG AH-IPS panel, the Wasabi Mango UHD420 is an impressive display.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 8470 vs 420 among Desktop GPUs
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 3,200 MHz | vs | 1,800 MHz | Around 80% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
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| Slightly higher clock speed | 775 MHz | vs | 700 MHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Lower TDP | 35W | vs | 50W | 30% lower TDP | |||
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| Better manhattan score | 1,373.63 | vs | 1,007.69 | More than 35% better manhattan score | |||
| Wider memory bus | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit | 2x wider memory bus | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 900 MHz | vs | 800 MHz | Around 15% higher memory clock speed | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon HD 8470 vs GeForce GT 420
PassMark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performanceData courtesy Passmark
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
Particle simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
PassMark Direct Compute Measures performance of general-purpose computing using Microsoft DirectCompute
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