NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 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 320M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 375 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
7.1x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 142 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 208 vs 101
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 84 vs 78

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 June 2007 vs 1 April 2004
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s vs 4.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 142 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	208 vs 101
PassMark - G2D Mark	84 vs 78

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

101

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	101
PassMark - G2D Mark	84	78
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1857

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	NV40 A1
Launch date	9 June 2007	1 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1480	1482
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,199
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	4.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	142 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		2x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	no
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0