Use Equals to compare two types. : Type « Reflection « VB.Net Tutorial

1. VB.Net Tutorial
2. Reflection
3. Type

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection

Class Example
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        Dim a As Type = GetType(System.String)
        Dim b As Type = GetType(System.Int32)

        Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b))

        a = GetType(Example)
        b = New Example().GetType()
        Console.WriteLine("{0} is equal to {1}: {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b))

        b = GetType(Type)
        Console.WriteLine("typeof({0}).Equals(typeof({1})): {2}", a, b, a.Equals(b))
    End Sub 
End Class