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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

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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 380M

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The Nvidia Quadro FX 380M is a professional entry-level graphics card for mobile workstations. It is based on the GeForce 310M and therefore the 3D performance is not very good. Due to special drivers and optimizations, the performance for professional applications should be much better (than the 310M would perform). Another advantage are the certified drivers than ensure a good performance of professional applications without errors.

The card supports DirectX 10.1 and all the features of the G 310M (as it is based on the same GT218 core). Therefore PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics card is supported. The used Video Processor 4 (VP4) is able to fully decode H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and also MPEG-4 ASP (DivX or xVID) in hardware to minimize CPU load. MPEG-1 is not supported but can be easily handled by every modern CPU.

The gaming performance of the FX380M is similar to the GeForce 310M and therefore located in the entry level class. The professional drivers are however optimized for applications and may therefore deliver a worse performance. Modern 3D games like COD Modern Warfare 2 run only in low details and resolutions fluently. Some demanding games like NFS Shift or GTA4 wont run fluently at all. Less demanding games like SIMS 3 run in medium details and resolutions fluently. Therefore, the graphics card can not be recommended for gamers.

As the FX380M supports CUDA, DirectX Compute 10.1, and OpenCL, the shaders of the graphics processor can be used for other tasks than rendering images (e.g. faster encoding of videos).

The used GT218 core is manufactured in 40nm and based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture.

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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150MNVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
Quadro FX Series
Quadro NVS 5100M compare 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro NVS 320M compare 32 @ 0.58 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 300M compare 8/5 cores @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro NVS 140M compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 160M compare 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 150M 8 @ 0.53 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 135M compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro NVS 130M compare 8 64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 120M compare 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro NVS 110M compare 4/3 cores @ 0.3 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 3800M compare 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M compare 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M compare 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M compare 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M compare 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M compare 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M compare 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M compare 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M compare 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M compare 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M compare 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M compare 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M compare 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M compare 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M compare 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M compare 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
Pipelines8 - unified16 - unified
Core Speed530 MHz625 MHz
Shader Speed1300 MHz1530 MHz
Memory Speed700 MHz800 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3GDDR3, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory256 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Power Consumption10 Watt25 Watt
technology65 nm40 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.1DirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, certified drivers
Date of Announcement15.08.2008 07.01.2010
InformationPCI-Express, max 1680x1050 bzw 1600x1200 (analog).
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.comwww.nvidia.com
Codenamen10m-glm
ArchitectureGT2xx
Transistors260 Million

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 13215     avg: 14212     median: 14211.5 (15%)     max: 15208 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 5042     avg: 5520     median: 5520 (3%)     max: 5998 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 3092     avg: 3265     median: 3264.5 (4%)     max: 3437 Points
7095 Points (8%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
3DMark 06
1561 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
3687 Points (5%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
3DMark 06
min: 1728     avg: 1774     median: 1774 (2%)     max: 1820 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M
3DMark 06
3690 Points (5%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 2201     avg: 2516     median: 2515.5 (2%)     max: 2830 Points

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 380M → 227% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
Quadro NVS 150M:
319  fps
med. 800x600
100%
Quadro NVS 150M:
63  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro NVS 150M:
21  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
Quadro NVS 150M:
196.2  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
F.E.A.R.3196321
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo196.2
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