NVS 810 vs Quadro FX 350

Place in the ranking	1370	766
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.73	3.14
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	G72	GM107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	20 April 2006 (18 years ago)	4 November 2015 (9 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	512
Core clock speed	550 MHz	902 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1033 MHz
Number of transistors	112 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	21 Watt	68 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.200	33.06
Floating-point processing power	no data	1.058 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	16
TMUs	4	32

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	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	198 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	DDR2	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	405 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.48 GB/s	14.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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, 1x VGA

8x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	3.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 350 0.22

NVS 810 3.06
+1291%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

FX 350 85

NVS 810 1179
+1287%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.22	3.06
Recency	20 April 2006	4 November 2015
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	21 Watt	68 Watt

FX 350 has 223.8% lower power consumption.

NVS 810, on the other hand, has a 1290.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 810 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 350 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.