ATI R423 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameNV34 B1R423
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 May 2005 (18 years old)no data
Current price$44 no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed250 MHzno data
Number of transistors45 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1.000no data

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIno data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount64 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0a9.0b (9_2)
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)2.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Advantages and disadvantages


Chip lithography 150 nm 130 nm

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 55 PCI and R423. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 55 PCI is a workstation card while R423 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI
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