NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
  • Around 86% better floating-point performance: 43.2 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 28
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 866 vs 784
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 866 vs 784
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 May 2009 vs 15 August 2008
Pipelines 16 vs 8
Floating-point performance 43.2 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 vs 28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 866 vs 784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 866 vs 784

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 4.64 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 31 Watt
  • Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1008 MHz
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 136 vs 113
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 580 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.64 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 136 vs 113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
35
28
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
113
136
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
866
784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
866
784
Name NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 28
PassMark - G3D Mark 113 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 2451
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 866 784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 866 784

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G96C G98
Launch date 26 May 2009 15 August 2008
Place in performance rating 1672 1673
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 580 MHz
Floating-point performance 43.2 gflops 23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 16 8
Texture fill rate 4.4 GTexel / s 4.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 31 Watt 12 Watt
Transistor count 314 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 MXM-I
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.06 GB / s 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1008 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0