Quadro FX 550M vs Quadro NVS 420
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1363 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.63 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | G98 | G73 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 20 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 13 March 2006 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $131.43 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 480 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 177 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.400 ×2 | 5.760 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0224 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 ×2 | 12 |
| L2 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB ×2 | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s ×2 | 16 GB/s |
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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 January 2009 | 13 March 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 35 Watt |
NVS 420 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.
FX 550M, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 14.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 420 and Quadro FX 550M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 420 is a workstation graphics card while Quadro FX 550M is a mobile workstation one.
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