NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1458 vs 926
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1458 vs 926
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1774 vs 1450
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1774 vs 1450

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2010 vs 15 June 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1458 vs 926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1458 vs 926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1774 vs 1450
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1774 vs 1450

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 561 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 13.46 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 72 vs 24
2x better floating-point performance: 162 gflops vs 80 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1580 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 467 vs 106
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 35
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7043 vs 3307

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	561 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.46 GTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	72 vs 24
Floating-point performance	162 gflops vs 80 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	467 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 35
Geekbench - OpenCL	7043 vs 3307

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3307

7043

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1458

926

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1458

926

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1774

1450

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1774

1450

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
PassMark - G3D Mark	106	467
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	70
Geekbench - OpenCL	3307	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1458	926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1458	926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1774	1450
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1774	1450

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT216	GT215
Launch date	3 March 2010	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1503	1504
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	561 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	162 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	24	72
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	13.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
HybridPower
PCI-E 2.0
CUDA