NVIDIA NVS 2100M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 2100M 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 2100M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 2100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 140 vs 103
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 143
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1249 vs 658
Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1249 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 20 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 40 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	140 vs 103
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1249 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1249 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 535 MHz
5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.28 GTexel / s
Around 14% better floating-point performance: 2x 22.4 gflops vs 39.36 gflops

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 535 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.28 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2x 22.4 gflops vs 39.36 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 2100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

143

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1249

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1249

658

Name	NVIDIA NVS 2100M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	140	103
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	143
Geekbench - OpenCL	2609
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1249	658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1249	658

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 2100M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	7 January 2010	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1451	1453
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	535 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	2x 8
Texture fill rate	4.28 GTexel / s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	260 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
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0