NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M 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 160M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 4.64 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1188 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 141 vs 50
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 784 vs 392
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 784 vs 392

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.64 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1188 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	141 vs 50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	784 vs 392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	784 vs 392

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 25.6 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 12 Watt
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 45 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 12 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	45 vs 27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

392

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

392

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M
PassMark - G3D Mark	141	50
PassMark - G2D Mark	27	45
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	784	392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	784	392

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G86
Launch date	15 August 2008	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1679	1681
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	23.2 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	16
Texture fill rate	4.64 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	9.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1188 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
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