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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

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 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 216 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	216 vs 161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1903 vs 1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1903 vs 1687

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 43

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

161

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	216	161
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	44
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	1578	1579
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