NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 10.8 GTexel / s
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 584 vs 238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2006 vs 21 August 2006
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	584 vs 238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

4.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 94

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 155 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 94

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

584

238

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
PassMark - G3D Mark	584	238
PassMark - G2D Mark	94	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	G71
Launch date	8 November 2006	21 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1276	1277
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	575
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
SLI