NVS 315 vs Quadro FX 4600

Place in performance ranking	1041	1084
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.04	0.02
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	G80	GF119
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	5 March 2007 (17 years ago)	10 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$159
Current price	$179 (0.1x MSRP)	$213 (1.3x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 4600 has 100% 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	96	48
Core clock speed	500 MHz	523 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	19 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.00	4.184
Floating-point performance	230.4 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 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	145 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	67.2 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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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	+	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 4600 1.11
+24.7%

NVS 315 0.89

Quadro FX 4600 outperforms NVS 315 by 25% 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 4600 430
+24.3%

NVS 315 346

Quadro FX 4600 outperforms NVS 315 by 24% 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	1.11	0.89
Recency	5 March 2007	10 March 2013
Cost	$1999	$159
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	134 Watt	19 Watt