NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
4.5x more texture fill rate: 7.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
5.6x better floating-point performance: 72 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 174 vs 97

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 April 2009 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	72 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	174 vs 97

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 40 Watt
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	190 vs 41

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M
PassMark - G3D Mark	174	97
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	190
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1687
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1687

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 580	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G86
Launch date	9 April 2009	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1585	941
Price now	$59.46
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	72 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	8
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
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