NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
- Graphics Processor
- G98 x2
- Cores
- 8 x2
- TMUs
- 4 x2
- ROPs
- 4 x2
- Memory Size
- 256 MB x2
- Memory Type
- GDDR3
- Bus Width
- 64 bit x2
The Quadro NVS 420 was a professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched in January 2009. Built on the 65 nm process, and based on the G98 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_0, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The G98 graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 86 mm² and 210 million transistors. Quadro NVS 420 combines two graphics processors to increase performance. It features 8 shading units, 4 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs, per GPU. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB GDDR3 memory with the Quadro NVS 420, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface per GPU (each GPU manages 256 MB). The GPU is operating at a frequency of 550 MHz, memory is running at 700 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 40 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Quadro NVS 420 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 40 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Quadro NVS 420 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Jan 20th, 2009
- Generation
- Quadro NVS
- Production
- End-of-life
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 1.0 x16
- Reviews
- 26 in our database
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- GPU Clock
- 550 MHz
- Shader Clock
- 1400 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 256 MB
- Memory Type
- GDDR3
- Memory Bus
- 64 bit
- Bandwidth
- 11.20 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 8
- TMUs
- 4
- ROPs
- 4
- SM Count
- 1
- L2 Cache
- 16 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 2.200 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 2.200 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float) performance
- 22.40 GFLOPS
Board Design
- Slot Width
- Single-slot
- TDP
- 40 W
- Suggested PSU
- 200 W
- Outputs
- No outputs
- Power Connectors
- None
- Board Number
- P737
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 11.1 (10_0)
- OpenGL
- 3.3
- OpenCL
- 1.1
- Vulkan
- N/A
- CUDA
- 1.1
- Shader Model
- 4.0