NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M vs ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M and ATI Radeon X1950 GT 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 NVS 130M

ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 57 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 29 January 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 57 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 106 vs 97
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 279 vs 190

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	106 vs 97
PassMark - G2D Mark	279 vs 190

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

279

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	97	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	190	279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2517

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 130M	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G86	RV570
Launch date	9 May 2007	29 January 2007
Place in performance rating	941	944
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$140
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	57 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	yes
Technologies
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