NVS 315 vs Quadro FX 1800

Place in performance ranking	1058	1084
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.05	0.02
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	G94	GF119
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	10 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	$159
Current price	$132 (0.3x MSRP)	$213 (1.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 1800 has 150% better value for money than NVS 315.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	48
Core clock speed	550 MHz	523 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	59 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.60	4.184
Floating-point performance	176 gflops	100.4 gflops

Size and 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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	145 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	14 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

1x DMS-59

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX 1800 1.04
+16.9%

NVS 315 0.89

Quadro FX 1800 outperforms NVS 315 by 17% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 1800 403
+16.5%

NVS 315 346

Quadro FX 1800 outperforms NVS 315 by 16% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	1.04	0.89
Recency	30 March 2009	10 March 2013
Cost	$489	$159
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	59 Watt	19 Watt