NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
VS
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
VS
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420  vs  AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris.

not rated
Place in performance rating
1798
0.33
Value for money (0-100)
0.02
Tesla
Architecture
GCN 4.0
G98
Code name
Ellesmere
Workstation
Type
Workstation
20 January 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2017
$131.43
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$201 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$1544
G98
GPU code name
no data
Workstation
Market segment
no data

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420  vs  AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

8
Pipelines
2304
550 MHz
Core clock speed
1243 MHz
210 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
40 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
4.400
Texture fill rate
179.0
2x 22.4 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 5,728 gflops
8
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
210 million
Number of transistors
no data
40 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 and AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
305 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1400 MHz
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
11.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 and AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 and AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 or AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

0.34% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($201 (1.5x MSRP) vs $1544)

Less power consumption (40 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 16 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris

More pipelines (2304 vs 8)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s vs 11.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 or AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 .

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 versus AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

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