NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 300 MHz
35x more texture fill rate: 42 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
120x more pipelines: 480 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 600 MHz
85.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4103 vs 48
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 447 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 March 2010 vs 1 June 2006
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate) vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4103 vs 48
PassMark - G2D Mark	447 vs 236

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M

25x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

447

236

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M
PassMark - G3D Mark	4103	48
PassMark - G2D Mark	447	236
Geekbench - OpenCL	13141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	34.483
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	706.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	106.875
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3320
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5110
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3320
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 110M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF100	G72
Launch date	26 March 2010	1 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	738	742
Price now	$71.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	61.35
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	480
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	480	4
Texture fill rate	42 billion / sec	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		300 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way, 3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	64
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
SLI
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II