GeForce2 GTS PRO vs Quadro NVS 420

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameG98NV15 A5
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date20 January 2009 (15 years ago)26 April 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$131.43 no data

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 cores8no data
Core clock speed550 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistors210 million25 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.4001.600
Floating-point processing power0.0224 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 x16AGP 4x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB32 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.2 GB/s6.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA, 2x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)7.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.2
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 January 2009 26 April 2000
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 32 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm

NVS 420 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 420 and GeForce2 GTS PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 420 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce2 GTS PRO is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
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