NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M and ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 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 150M

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 530 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 960 MHz

Launch date	15 August 2008 vs 11 January 2007
Core clock speed	530 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 960 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

2.3x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
4.5x more pipelines: 36 vs 8
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 135 vs 70
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 287 vs 168

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	36 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	135 vs 70
PassMark - G2D Mark	287 vs 168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

287

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
PassMark - G3D Mark	70	135
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1398

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M	ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G98	M68
Launch date	15 August 2008	11 January 2007
Place in performance rating	1008	1009
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	36
Texture fill rate	2.12 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	384 million
Boost clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
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	30.72 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	470 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	960 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Powerplay 6.0