NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM

3x more core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 47.2 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 128 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 141 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 141 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G3D Mark		38
PassMark - G2D Mark		358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV43 A4
Launch date	10 March 2009	9 March 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	449
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.99
Price now		$93.61
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	47.2 GTexel / s	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	187 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3