NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
  • 12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
  • 3.7x better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 80 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 720 vs 131
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 118 vs 109
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 32
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 720 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 118 vs 109

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
720
131
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
118
109
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark 720 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 118 109
Geekbench - OpenCL 3704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920M NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Tesla
Code name GK208B G84
Launch date 13 March 2015 1 June 2007
Place in performance rating 1310 1307
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $149.90
Price now $149.90
Value for money (0-100) 1.87

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 625 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 32
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-HE
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers