Quadro NVS 210S vs Radeon Pro Duo

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Duo and Quadro NVS 210S, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro Duo
2016
8 GB High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), 350 Watt
21.21
+35250%

Pro Duo outperforms NVS 210S by a whopping 35250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2561471
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.44no data
Power efficiency4.230.38
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameCapsaicinC51
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date26 April 2016 (8 years ago)22 December 2003 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,499 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 cores4096no data
Compute units128no data
Core clock speedno data425 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors8,900 million75 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt11 Watt
Texture fill rate256.00.85
Floating-point processing power8.192 TFLOPSno data
ROPs641
TMUs2562

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Length277 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pinno data

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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width4096 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth512 GB/sno data

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
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Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
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DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

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API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 129.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.03.0
OpenGL4.52.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+-

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.

Pro Duo 21.21
+35250%
NVS 210S 0.06

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.

Pro Duo 8183
+35478%
NVS 210S 23

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 21.21 0.06
Recency 26 April 2016 22 December 2003
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 11 Watt

Pro Duo has a 35250% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 210S, on the other hand, has 3081.8% lower power consumption.

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


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