NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
- Around 4% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 530 MHz
- Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s
- Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 60 Watt
- 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 38
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 20 January 2009 vs 29 July 2008 |
Core clock speed | 550 MHz vs 530 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 40 Watt vs 60 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 143 vs 38 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
- 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 2x 8
- 2.8x better floating-point performance: 127.2 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops
- Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
- 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 278 vs 103
- 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3297 vs 658
- 5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3297 vs 658
Specifications (specs) | |
Pipelines | 48 vs 2x 8 |
Floating-point performance | 127.2 gflops vs 2x 22.4 gflops |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 278 vs 103 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3297 vs 658 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3297 vs 658 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 | NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 103 | 278 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 143 | 38 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 658 | 3297 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 658 | 3297 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 | NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G98 | G94 |
Launch date | 20 January 2009 | 29 July 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $131.43 | |
Place in performance rating | 1453 | 1454 |
Price now | $80.99 | |
Type | Workstation | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 1.61 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 530 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2x 22.4 gflops | 127.2 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 2x 8 | 48 |
Texture fill rate | 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec | 12.72 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 40 Watt | 60 Watt |
Transistor count | 210 million | 505 million |
CUDA cores | 48 | |
Gigaflops | 180 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2x 256 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 11.2 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 2x 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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