NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 75 Watt
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 January 2009 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	143 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 550 MHz
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 2x 8
9.5x better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 1400 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 103
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 658
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 658

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

3345

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	103	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	658	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	658	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G98	RV670
Launch date	20 January 2009	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$131.43	$179
Place in performance rating	1453	1455
Price now	$80.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	668 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 22.4 gflops	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 8	320
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		208 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 11.2 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3