NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M vs NVIDIA ION 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M and NVIDIA ION 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 160M

NVIDIA ION 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 20 Watt

Launch date	15 August 2008 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 20 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2

2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 928 vs 784
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 928 vs 784

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928 vs 784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928 vs 784

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

928

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

928

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M	NVIDIA ION 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	136
PassMark - G2D Mark	28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	784	928
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	784	928

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M	NVIDIA ION 2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G98	GT218
Launch date	15 August 2008	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1673	1670
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	8	16
Texture fill rate	4.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0