NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
23.6x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 236 Watt
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1107 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2008 vs 16 June 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 236 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1107 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 57

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

2.4x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 530 MHz
22.7x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 2.12 GTexel / s
30x more pipelines: 240 vs 8
29.9x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
18.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1278 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 530 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 2.12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 8
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1278 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	70	1278
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	57
Geekbench - OpenCL		21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G98	GT200
Launch date	15 August 2008	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1037	1038
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$522.78
Value for money (0-100)		2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	1296 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	8	240
Texture fill rate	2.12 GTexel / s	48.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	236 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1107 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI