NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M 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 450

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 14 August 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	89 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 480 MHz
Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 43.2 GTexel / s vs 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 128 vs 2x 8
11x better floating-point performance: 422.4 gflops vs 2x 19.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
8.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 575 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 480 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 GTexel / s vs 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	128 vs 2x 8
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops vs 2x 19.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 2x 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	575 vs 67

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

575

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	575
PassMark - G2D Mark	89	42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3272

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G92
Launch date	11 November 2008	14 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$163.14
Place in performance rating	1421	1422
Price now	$168
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	480 MHz	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 19.2 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 8	128
Texture fill rate	2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec	43.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 11.2 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0