NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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 4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 430 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
5.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 109 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1050 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1857 vs 855
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1857 vs 855

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 June 2007 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 109 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1857 vs 855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1857 vs 855

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 10.32 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 227 vs 208
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 84

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	227 vs 208
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 84

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

208

227

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

855

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

855

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
PassMark - G3D Mark	208	227
PassMark - G2D Mark	84	120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1857	855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1857	855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	G70
Launch date	9 June 2007	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	1480	1481
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,499
Price now		$249
Value for money (0-100)		1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	73.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	109 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, GDDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	no
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0