NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 31 billion / sec vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
7x more pipelines: 112 vs 2x 8
6.9x better floating-point performance: 308 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 379 vs 103
4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3085 vs 658
4.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3085 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec vs 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	112 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	308 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	379 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3085 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3085 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 65 Watt
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	143 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

379

103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3085

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3085

658

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	379	103
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3085	658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3085	658

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G98
Launch date	3 March 2009	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1452	1453
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	308 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Gigaflops	462
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	112	2x 8
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD