NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 561 MHz vs 550 MHz
4.5x more pipelines: 72 vs 2x 8
3.6x better floating-point performance: 162 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 494 vs 121
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1450 vs 658
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1450 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	561 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	72 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	162 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	494 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1450 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1450 vs 658

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.46 GTexel / s
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1450

658

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1450

658

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1450	658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1450	658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	926

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G98
Launch date	15 June 2009	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1518	1519
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	561 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	162 gflops	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	72	2x 8
Texture fill rate	13.46 GTexel / s	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA