NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M 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 9300 GS

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	1 June 2008 vs 9 June 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 567 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
3.3x better floating-point performance: 73.6 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 102
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 84 vs 80

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	73.6 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 102
PassMark - G2D Mark	84 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

102

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark	102	208
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1857

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G84
Launch date	1 June 2008	9 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.95
Place in performance rating	1485	1486
Price now	$59.95
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops	73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	32
Texture fill rate	4.54 GTexel / s	9.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	210 million	289 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		20 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		no
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0