NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 24 vs 2x 8
Around 79% better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1774 vs 658
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1774 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2010 vs 20 January 2009
Pipelines	24 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 40 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1774 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1774 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 121 vs 107
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	121 vs 107
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

107

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1774

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1774

658

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	107	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	33	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	3307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1774	658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1774	658

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G98
Launch date	3 March 2010	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1517	1519
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	24	2x 8
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HybridPower
PCI-E 2.0