NVIDIA GeForce 320M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 320M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 320M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 320M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 210 vs 161
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 43
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1735 vs 1687
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1735 vs 1687

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2010 vs 9 April 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	210 vs 161
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1735 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1735 vs 1687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 320M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

210

161

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1735

1687

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1735

1687

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	210	161
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	43
Geekbench - OpenCL	2474
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1735	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1735	1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	MCP89	G96C
Launch date	1 April 2010	9 April 2009
Place in performance rating	1576	1578
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$59.46
Value for money (0-100)		5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	32	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	314 million
Floating-point performance		72 gflops
Texture fill rate		7.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3