NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M

Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 13.46 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 96 vs 72
Around 63% better floating-point performance: 264 gflops vs 162 gflops
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 45 Watt

Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 13.46 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 72
Floating-point performance	264 gflops vs 162 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 561 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	561 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
PassMark - G3D Mark		467
PassMark - G2D Mark		70
Geekbench - OpenCL		7043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1450
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1450
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		926

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT215	GT215
Launch date	15 June 2009	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1511
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	561 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	162 gflops
Gigaflops	396
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	72
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	13.46 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large	medium sized
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		2200 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI