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).

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

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

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	1454	1455
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