NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

The Nvidia Quadro NVS 150M is a business graphics adapater for notebooks. It is based on the GeForce 9200M GS consumer graphics card but features special drivers which are optimized for business applications. A shor list of the applications which are certified for the NVS line can be found here (including MS Office, Exceed, Notes, McAffee, pcAnywhere, Bloomberg, Reuters, Tradestation).

The gaming performance should be similar to the GeForce 9200M GS and therefore only suited for less demanding games with low details. Still the business drivers are not optimized for games and may therefore show a worse performance (or some bugs). The memory is clocked either with 700 MHz (DDR3) or 400 MHz (DDR2) which is noticable slower.

Compared to the Quadro NVS 160M, the 150M features a slower clock speed and only supports resolutions up to 1680x1050 (digital) or 1600x1200 (analog).

As the 9200M GS, the Quadro NVS 150M also supports PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics chip (and save current).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

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The NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M is a mobile workstation graphics card for high-end laptops. It is based on the Geforce 9800M GT / G92 core but features a higher clock rate and is produced in a 55nm fabrication process versus 65nm of the 9800M GT.

The Quadro FX series of cards are optimized for professional applications like CAD or DCC. OpenGL performance especially should be noticeably better compared to consumer GeForce cards.

The Quadro FX2800M is found in mobile workstations like the Dell M6500 and supports DirectX 10.0 and OpenGL 2.1. In the Dell laptops, the card is able to output up to two displays simultaneously (DisplayPort up to 2560x1600, DVI/HDMI up to 1920x1200). Dell claims a thermal power draw of 65 Watts while Nvidia rates the GPU at 75 Watt TDP.

Due to the relatively high power consumption of 65 to 75 Watts (TDP) and a 10 Watt idle mode, the Quadro FX 2800M is normally only foud in medium to large laptops with powerful cooling solutions.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

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The Nvidia Quadro FX 1700M is a professional graphics adapter for CAD and 3D applications. It is based on the G96 core (GeForce 9650M e.g.) but with different drivers, that are optimized for OpenGL and professional applications. The drivers are zertified to work flawlessly with different applications.

Compared to the Quadro FX 1600M, the FX 1700M GPU supports Powermizer 8.0.

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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

Quadro FX Series

Quadro NVS 5100M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro NVS 320M	32 @ 0.58 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 300M	8/5 cores @ 0.45 GHz	128 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro NVS 140M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 160M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 150M	8 @ 0.53 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 135M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro NVS 130M	8	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 120M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 110M	4/3 cores @ 0.3 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Quadro FX 3800M	128 @ 0.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M	128 @ 0.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M	96 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M	96 @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M	72 @ 0.56 GHz	128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M	48 @ 0.53 GHz	256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M	48 @ 0.55 GHz	128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M	24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M	24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz	256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M	32 @ 0.63 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M	20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M	32 @ 0.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M	32 @ 0.48 GHz	128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M	16 @ 0.63 GHz	64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M	8 @ 0.58 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M	4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz	64 Bit @ 350 MHz

Pipelines

8 - unified

96 - unified

32 - unified

Core Speed

530 MHz

600 MHz

625 MHz

Shader Speed

1300 MHz

1500 MHz

1250 MHz

Memory Speed

700 MHz

1000 MHz

800 MHz

Memory Bus Width

64 Bit

256 Bit

128 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR2, GDDR3

GDDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

256 MB

1024 MB

256 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0

Power Consumption

10 Watt

75 Watt

50 Watt

technology

65 nm

55 nm

65 nm

Features

OpenGL 2.1

OpenGL 2.1, CUDA, PowerMizer 8.0

OpenGL 2.1, PureVideo HD, Powermizer 8.0, possible interfaces: LVDS, DVI, VGA, HDTV, HDCP, HDMI

Date of Announcement

15.08.2008

01.12.2009

01.10.2008

Information

PCI-Express, max 1680x1050 bzw 1600x1200 (analog).

CG shading language, 32 Bit floating point precision, 12 Bit subpixel precision, 128 Bit precision of the graphics pipeline, FSAA with rotated raster, nView Mutlidisplay Support, High-Precision-Dynamic-Range (HPDR), Hardware 3D Clipping on window recognision, full screen AA

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.com

Codename

NB10-GLM3

NB9P-GLM

Architecture

G9x

Transistors

754 Million

289 Million

Notebook Size

large

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total

100%

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
HP Elitebook 8740w 820QM/FX2800M	820QM	Quadro FX 2800M 600 / 1000 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	5779
Lenovo Thinkpad W701 2500-2EG	720QM	Quadro FX 2800M 600 / 1013 MHz 1 GB	2 GB	5787

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7	T9600	Quadro NVS 150M 529 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	13215
Toshiba Tecra R10	SP9300	Quadro NVS 150M 529 / 702 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	15208

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Toshiba Tecra M10-1D7 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T9600	Quadro NVS 150M 529 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	1561

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Lenovo Thinkpad W701 2500-2EG (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	720QM	Quadro FX 2800M 600 / 1013 MHz 1 GB	2 GB	11162
HP Elitebook 8740w 820QM/FX2800M (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	820QM	Quadro FX 2800M 600 / 1000 MHz 1 GB	8 GB	11555

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800
Toshiba Tecra R10 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	SP9300	Quadro NVS 150M 529 / 702 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	1728
(3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	SP9300	Quadro NVS 150M 0.1 GB	3 GB	1820

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800
Dell Precision M4400 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	T9400	Quadro FX 1700M 0.5 GB	4 GB	6302

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	low	med.	high	ultra
Mafia 2	63.2	56.1	48.9	30.8
StarCraft 2	158	60	52	29.6
Battlefield: Bad Company 2		58.9	41.53	23.07
CoD Modern Warfare 2	158.1	78.9	66.7	41.2
Colin McRae: DIRT 2	96.3	89.5	62.6	30.7
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	2 2	2 3	3 2	2 3

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M	low	med.	high
Crysis - GPU Benchmark		33.31	19.06
Crysis - CPU Benchmark		29.3	17.07
F.E.A.R.	378	152	59
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo			610
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	1	1 1 1	2 1 1

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M	low	med.	high
F.E.A.R.	319	63	21
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo			196.2
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	1	1	1 1

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M