AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 110 nm
4.8x more memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 500 MHz
139.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5300 vs 38
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 558 vs 358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 9 March 2009
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5300 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	558 vs 358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

558

358

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	5300	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	558	358
Geekbench - OpenCL	26839
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1663
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1663
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Curie
Code name	Vega 12	NV43 A4
Launch date	14 November 2018	9 March 2009
Place in performance rating	472	443
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.99
Price now		$93.61
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	31 Watt
Texture fill rate		2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count		146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	187 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3