NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M vs ATI FireGL V7300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M and ATI FireGL V7300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

ATI FireGL V7300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 9.5 GTexel / s
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 97 Watt
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 254 vs 128

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 August 2006 vs 1 October 2005
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 9.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 97 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	254 vs 128

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7300

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 450 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 317

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	594 MHz vs 450 MHz
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1296 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	322 vs 317

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

317

322

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

254

128

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M	ATI FireGL V7300
PassMark - G2D Mark	317	322
PassMark - G3D Mark	254	128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M	ATI FireGL V7300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G71	R520
Launch date	21 August 2006	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	498	500
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,599
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	594 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s	9.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	97 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	41.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1296 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3