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).

NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

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

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