NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 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 140M

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 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 138 vs 69
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 784 vs 169
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 784 vs 169

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 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	138 vs 69
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	784 vs 169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	784 vs 169

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

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
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 30

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
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	53 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

169

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

169

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
PassMark - G3D Mark	138	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	784	169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	784	169

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G86
Launch date	15 August 2008	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1674	1675
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
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
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