NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 480 MHz
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 2x 8
4.6x better floating-point performance: 176 gflops vs 2x 19.2 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 2x 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 402 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 480 MHz
Pipelines	64 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	176 gflops vs 2x 19.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	402 vs 67

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 59 Watt
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	89 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
PassMark - G3D Mark	402	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	60	89
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G98
Launch date	30 March 2009	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	$163.14
Place in performance rating	1422	1423
Price now	$186.29	$168
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	4.05	0.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	480 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops	2x 19.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	2x 8
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3