GeForce RTX 5090 vs Quadro NVS 420

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1322not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.53no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameG98GB202
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date20 January 2009 (15 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$131.43 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores821760
Core clock speed550 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors210 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate4.4001,714
Floating-point processing power0.0224 TFLOPS109.7 TFLOPS
ROPs4192
TMUs8680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount256 MB32 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s1.52 TB/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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.110.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 32 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 500 Watt

NVS 420 has 1150% lower power consumption.

RTX 5090, on the other hand, has a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 420 and GeForce RTX 5090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 420 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
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