ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 5830

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
70x more pipelines: 1120 vs 2x 8
40x better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
24.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1734 vs 70
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 186

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	1120 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734 vs 70
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 186

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

4.4x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1734

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

186

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	1734	70
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	186
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		658

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Cypress	G98
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	537	1332
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1120	2x 8
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity