NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 106 vs 84

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 9 June 2007
Core clock speed	606 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	106 vs 84

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 73.6 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	73.6 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	208
PassMark - G2D Mark	106	84
Geekbench - OpenCL	2851
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1857

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G84
Launch date	7 January 2010	9 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1480	1482
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	606 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops	73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0	no
Technologies
CUDA
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0