NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M 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 9800M GS

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 9.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 64 vs 32
2.3x better floating-point performance: 169.6 gflops vs 73.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 534 vs 208
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2414 vs 1857
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2414 vs 1857

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2008 vs 9 June 2007
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 32
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops vs 73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	534 vs 208
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414 vs 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414 vs 1857

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 530 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 60 Watt
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 84 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 530 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	84 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

1857

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2414

1857

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark	534	208
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2414	1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2414	1857

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G84
Launch date	1 November 2008	9 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1479	1481
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	575 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops	73.6 gflops
Gigaflops	254
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	64	32
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec	9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0	no
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0