ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP vs Quadro NVS 150M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1491 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.32 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | G98 | R481 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 August 2008 (17 years ago) | 28 February 2005 (21 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 530 MHz | 520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 160 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 69 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.120 | 8.320 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0208 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | MXM-I | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 540 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | 34.56 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2008 | 28 February 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 69 Watt |
NVS 150M has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 590% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 150M and Radeon X850 XT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 150M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon X850 XT AGP is a desktop one.
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