NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 250 MHz
10.8x more texture fill rate: 10.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
119x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 238 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 August 2006 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	238 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

119

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

238

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G2D Mark	111	119
PassMark - G3D Mark	238	2

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	G71	NV18 C1
Launch date	21 August 2006	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	1279	1281
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	10.8 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR