NVIDIA NVS 315 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 315 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 315

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 523 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 4.184 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
  • 2.9x better floating-point performance: 100.4 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 34 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 300 vs 157
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 70
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1382 vs 1230
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1382 vs 1230
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 March 2013 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 523 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.184 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 16
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 34 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 300 vs 157
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 vs 70
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1382 vs 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1382 vs 1230

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 315
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
300
157
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
179
70
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1382
1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1382
1230
Name NVIDIA NVS 315 NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
PassMark - G3D Mark 300 157
PassMark - G2D Mark 179 70
Geekbench - OpenCL 882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1382 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1382 1230

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 315 NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF119 G96
Launch date 10 March 2013 30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $159 $129
Place in performance rating 1570 1568
Type Workstation Workstation
Price now $72.50
Value for money (0-100) 2.68

Technical info

Core clock speed 523 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops 35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 16
Texture fill rate 4.184 GTexel / s 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 34 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DMS-59 2x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 14 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3