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).

NVIDIA NVS 315

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

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

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	1567
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