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
GPU 1
GPU 2
103
278
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
143
38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
658
3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
658
3297
Name NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

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 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

CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD