NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
6x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 250 MHz
19x more texture fill rate: 19 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB

Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	19 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI

6x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 60 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	679
PassMark - G2D Mark	308
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3221

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G94	NV18 A4
Launch date	3 March 2009	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	791	not rated
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Gigaflops	288
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	19 billion / sec	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	VGADisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMILVDSSingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	51 GB / s	1.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	32 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD