Radeon RX 6900 vs Quadro NVS 210S

Place in the ranking	1471	23
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.38	18.99
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	C51	Navi 21
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	22 December 2003 (20 years ago)	28 October 2020 (4 years ago)

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	no data	4608
Core clock speed	425 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2105 MHz
Number of transistors	75 million	23,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	11 Watt	255 Watt
Texture fill rate	0.85	606.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	19.4 TFLOPS
ROPs	1	64
TMUs	2	288

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	PCI	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	IGP	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	16 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	3.0	6.5
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

NVS 210S 0.06

RX 6900 69.45
+115650%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 210S 23

RX 6900 26791
+116383%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.06	69.45
Recency	22 December 2003	28 October 2020
Chip lithography	90 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	11 Watt	255 Watt

NVS 210S has 2218.2% lower power consumption.

RX 6900, on the other hand, has a 115650% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 210S in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 210S is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.