NVIDIA GeForce 800M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 800M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 800M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 550 MHz
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 2x 8
3.2x better floating-point performance: 141.7 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 40 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 457 vs 121
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 203 vs 120
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1601 vs 658
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1601 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	141.7 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	457 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark	203 vs 120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1601 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1601 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

4.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.904 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.904 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1601

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1601

658

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 800M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	457	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	1303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	109.13
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	15.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	703
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1601	658
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	703
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1601	658

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 800M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF117	G98
Launch date	17 March 2014	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1503	1501
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	141.7 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	2x 8
Texture fill rate	5.904 GTexel / s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus