NVIDIA NVS 315 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 315 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 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 580

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 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 39% better floating-point performance: 100.4 gflops vs 72 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 40 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 320 vs 174
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2013 vs 9 April 2009
Core clock speed	523 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	100.4 gflops vs 72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	320 vs 174
PassMark - G2D Mark	180 vs 41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1687 vs 1382
Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1687 vs 1382

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687 vs 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687 vs 1382

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 315
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

174

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

1687

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

1687

Name	NVIDIA NVS 315	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	320	174
PassMark - G2D Mark	180	41
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	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1382	1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 315	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF119	G96C
Launch date	10 March 2013	9 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$199
Place in performance rating	1577	1585
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$59.46
Value for money (0-100)		5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	523 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	100.4 gflops	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	4.184 GTexel / s	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3