NVIDIA NVS 300 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 300

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 360 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 35 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 121 vs 84
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 996 vs 628
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 996 vs 628

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	121 vs 84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996 vs 628

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

9.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 39

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 39

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

385

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

628

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

628

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	84
PassMark - G2D Mark	39	385
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996	628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996	628

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G84
Launch date	8 January 2011	12 September 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$129
Place in performance rating	1660	888
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$92.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	23.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2