NVIDIA ION 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION 2 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA ION 2

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 928 vs 392
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 928 vs 392

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928 vs 392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928 vs 392

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

2x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 20 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

928

392

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

928

392

Name	NVIDIA ION 2	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928	392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928	392
PassMark - G3D Mark		50
PassMark - G2D Mark		45

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION 2	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	3 June 2008	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1668	1681
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Floating-point performance		25.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		3.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0	yes
Memory bandwidth		9.5 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1188 MHz
Technologies
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