NVIDIA NVS 4200M

The NVIDIA NVS 4200M (or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 4200M) is a business graphics card for laptops which is most likely based on the same core as the GeForce GT 520M. According to the Nvidia Homepage, the 4200M is allowed to be clocked up to 810MHz, compared to the 550MHz of the GT 520M. However, the clock rates of the NVS 4200M in the Dell Latitude 6420 is similar to the GT 520M.

The NVS series is optimized for business applications and stability and may therefore perform a bit worse in games due to the special drivers and BIOS optimizations.

The gaming performance may be a bit worse compared to similar clocked GeForce cards due to the stability optimizations of the NVS. In theory the raw performance of the chip is enough to run current games of 2010/2011 in low-medium details and resolutions.

As the GT 520M, the NVS4200M should support PureVideo HD (VP4) to accelerate HD videos and OpenCL / CUDA / DirectX Compute to use the render cores for other applications.

The graphics card supports HDMI 1.3 up to 1920x1080 and Multimode DisplayPort up to 2560x1600. Furthermore, 7.1 channel HD audio can be trasmitted over the HDMI port.

Manufacturer

NVIDIA

NVS Series

NVS 4200M	48 @ 810 MHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
NVS 3100M (compare)	16 @ 600 MHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
NVS 2100M (compare)	16 @ 535 MHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz

Architecture

Fermi

Pipelines

48 - unified

Core Speed

810 MHz

Shader Speed

1620 MHz

Memory Speed

800 MHz

Memory Bus Width

64 Bit

Memory Type

DDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

1024 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0

technology

40 nm

Notebook Size

medium sized

Date of Announcement

22.02.2011

Link to Manufacturer Page

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvs_techspe...

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720

min: 507 avg: 605.1 median: 572 (2%) max: 806 points

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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720

min: 496 avg: 518.6 median: 507 (1%) max: 541 points

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

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AMD Radeon HD 7420G -13%

Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell) -10%

AMD Radeon HD 6480G -10%

AMD Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) -9%

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) -8%

AMD Radeon HD 6520G -5%

AMD Radeon HD 8280 -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M -4%

NVIDIA GeForce 610M -1%

NVIDIA NVS 4200M

Intel HD Graphics 4000 1%

AMD Radeon HD 7470M 1%

AMD Radeon HD 6470M 2%

AMD Radeon HD 8330 3%

AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) 11%

AMD Radeon HD 7480D 12%

AMD Radeon HD 7450M 12%

AMD Radeon HD 7520G 13%

AMD Radeon HD 7500G 13%

...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) 8403%

100%

3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +

P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +

3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

min: 12527 avg: 12673.7 median: 12634 (7%) max: 12860 Points

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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

min: 9189 avg: 9507.2 median: 9462 (20%) max: 9801 Points

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3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +

Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024

min: 7.1 avg: 7.5 median: 7.5 (3%) max: 7.8 fps

+ 2 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +

Tcvis 1920x1080 +

SolidWorks 1920x1080 +

Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +

Maya 1920x1080 +

Lightwave 1920x1080 +

Ensight 1920x1080 +

Catia 1920x1080 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

min: 6.4 avg: 6.4 median: 6.4 (81%) max: 6.5 points

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

min: 4.7 avg: 5.5 median: 5.6 (71%) max: 6.4 points

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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +

Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Anno 2070

2011

47.7 fps + Compare

17.6 fps + Compare

11.7 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Dirt 3

2011

95 fps + Compare

36 fps + Compare

24 fps + Compare

12 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

Fifa 11

2010

108.6 116 ~ 112 fps + Compare

74 76 ~ 75 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Mafia 2

2010

41 fps + Compare

24.7 31 ~ 28 fps + Compare

19.1 25 ~ 22 fps + Compare

14 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

StarCraft 2

2010

149 fps + Compare

30 fps + Compare

19 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Risen

2009

22 25.5 ~ 24 fps + Compare

14 16.1 ~ 15 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Need for Speed Shift

2009

33 fps + Compare

23 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009

43.2 48 ~ 46 fps + Compare

19 19.1 ~ 19 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

Anno 1404

2009

100.7 fps + Compare

12.9 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Samsung 400B5B-H01	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, 48 Shader 267.04	507
Dell Latitude E6520 i7/FHD	2620M	8192 MB	740 / 800 MHz	512MB DDR3 ForceWare 266.96	563
Lenovo ThinkPad T420si (NV56RPB)	2310M	4096 MB		1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 3000 ForceWare 68.02	567
Lenovo ThinkPad T420s 4174-PEG	2640M	4096 MB	740 / 800 MHz	1024MB Shadertakt: 1480 MHz, DDR3-VRAM ForceWare 268.71	572
Lenovo Thinkpad T520 4240-4CG	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 Videospeicher nvlddmkm 8.17.12.6696 (ForceWare 266.96) / Win 7 64	609
Samsung 600B5B-S01DE	2520M	6144 MB			612
Samsung 200B5B-S01DE	2310M	3072 MB	810 / 800 MHz	512MB Optimus Switch mit Intel HD 3000 ForceWare 267.04	806

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Latitude E6520 i7/FHD	2620M	8192 MB	740 / 800 MHz	512MB DDR3 ForceWare 266.96	496
Lenovo ThinkPad T420s 4174-PEG	2640M	4096 MB	740 / 800 MHz	1024MB Shadertakt: 1480 MHz, DDR3-VRAM ForceWare 268.71	503
Samsung 400B5B-H01	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, 48 Shader 267.04	504
Lenovo ThinkPad T420si (NV56RPB)	2310M	4096 MB		1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 3000 ForceWare 68.02	507
Lenovo Thinkpad T520 4240-4CG	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 Videospeicher nvlddmkm 8.17.12.6696 (ForceWare 266.96) / Win 7 64	539
Samsung 600B5B-S01DE	2520M	6144 MB			540
Samsung 200B5B-S01DE	2310M	3072 MB	810 / 800 MHz	512MB Optimus Switch mit Intel HD 3000 ForceWare 267.04	541

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Thinkpad T520 4240-4CG	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 Videospeicher nvlddmkm 8.17.12.6696 (ForceWare 266.96) / Win 7 64	2142
Dell Latitude E6420	2310M	4096 MB	740 / 800 MHz	510MB Forceware 266.96	2231
Dell Latitude E6520 i7/FHD	2620M	8192 MB	740 / 800 MHz	512MB DDR3 ForceWare 266.96	2295
Lenovo ThinkPad T420s 4174-PEG	2640M	4096 MB	740 / 800 MHz	1024MB Shadertakt: 1480 MHz, DDR3-VRAM ForceWare 268.71	2298
Lenovo ThinkPad T420si (NV56RPB)	2310M	4096 MB		1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 3000 ForceWare 68.02	2337
Samsung 400B5B-H01	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, 48 Shader 267.04	2415
Samsung 600B5B-S01DE	2520M	6144 MB			2443

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Latitude E6420	2310M	4096 MB	740 / 800 MHz	510MB Forceware 266.96	1819
Dell Latitude E6520 i7/FHD	2620M	8192 MB	740 / 800 MHz	512MB DDR3 ForceWare 266.96	1821
Lenovo ThinkPad T420s 4174-PEG	2640M	4096 MB	740 / 800 MHz	1024MB Shadertakt: 1480 MHz, DDR3-VRAM ForceWare 268.71	1823
Lenovo ThinkPad T420si (NV56RPB)	2310M	4096 MB		1024MB DDR3, dodatkowo Intel HD Graphics 3000 ForceWare 68.02	1917
Samsung 600B5B-S01DE	2520M	6144 MB			1956
Samsung 400B5B-H01	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, 48 Shader 267.04	1966
Lenovo Thinkpad T520 4240-4CG	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3 Videospeicher nvlddmkm 8.17.12.6696 (ForceWare 266.96) / Win 7 64	1969

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Dell Latitude E6520 i7/FHD	2620M	8192 MB	740 / 800 MHz	512MB DDR3 ForceWare 266.96	12527
Samsung 400B5B-H01	2410M	4096 MB	810 / 800 MHz	1024MB DDR3, 48 Shader 267.04	12634
Samsung 600B5B-S01DE	2520M	6144 MB			12860