Radeon Sky 900 vs Quadro NVS 420
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1389 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.64 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | G98 | Tahiti |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 20 January 2009 (17 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $131.43 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
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Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 ×2 | 3584 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.400 ×2 | 106.4 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0224 TFLOPS ×2 | 3.405 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 4 ×2 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 ×2 | 112 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 16 KB | 768 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 305 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB ×2 | 6 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit ×2 | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s ×2 | 480 GB/s ×2 |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 January 2009 | 27 March 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 300 Watt |
NVS 420 has 650% lower power consumption.
Sky 900, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 420 and Radeon Sky 900. We've got no test results to judge.
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