GeForce 9800M GTS and GeForce GT 420M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9800M GTS vs GeForce GT 420M
GeForce 9800M GTS
387
GeForce GT 420M
417
GeForce 9800M GTS
GeForce GT 420M
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
NB9E-GT
N11P-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
July 2008
September 2010
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
64
96
Floating-point performance
192 gflops
192 gflops
Gigaflops
240
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
96
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
19.20
6.0 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
(G)DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A