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).

 

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 1452 1454
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