NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 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 Quadro NVS 420

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
7.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 8 vs 8
3.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 22.4 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 256 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 121 vs 105
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 658 vs 542
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 658 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 January 2009 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 8 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2x 22.4 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	121 vs 105
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	658 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	658 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 124 vs 120

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	124 vs 120

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

542

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

542

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	658	542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	658	542

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G86
Launch date	20 January 2009	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$131.43
Place in performance rating	1500	1501
Price now	$80.99
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 22.4 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 8	8
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 11.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0