NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 69% better floating-point performance: 121.44 gflops vs 72 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 40 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 217 vs 161
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1903 vs 1687
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1903 vs 1687
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 January 2010 vs 9 April 2009
Texture fill rate 9.2 GTexel / s vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Floating-point performance 121.44 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 217 vs 161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1903 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1903 vs 1687

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
217
161
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
43
43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1903
1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1903
1687
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 217 161
PassMark - G2D Mark 43 43
Geekbench - OpenCL 5251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1903 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1903 1687

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT216 G96C
Launch date 10 January 2010 9 April 2009
Place in performance rating 1577 1578
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $59.46
Value for money (0-100) 5.88

Technical info

CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 121.44 gflops 72 gflops
Gigaflops 182
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Texture fill rate 9.2 GTexel / s 7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 486 million 314 million
Core clock speed 450 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
SLI