NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 417 vs 238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 21 August 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	417 vs 238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 111 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	111 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

238

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
PassMark - G3D Mark	417	238
PassMark - G2D Mark	42	111
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3259
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3259

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	G71
Launch date	1 December 2009	21 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1277	1279
Price now	$49.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
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