Riva 128 PCI vs Quadro NVS 135M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)no data
GPU code nameG86NV3
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date9 May 2007 (17 years ago)1 April 1997 (27 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 cores16no data
Core clock speed400 MHz100 MHz
Number of transistors210 million4 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm350 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt4 Watt
Texture fill rate3.2000.1
Floating-point processing power0.0256 TFLOPSno data
ROPs41
TMUs81

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed594 MHz100 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.504 GB/s1.6 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA, 1x DB13W3

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)5.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 May 2007 1 April 1997
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 350 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 4 Watt

NVS 135M has an age advantage of 10 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 337.5% more advanced lithography process.

Riva 128 PCI, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 135M and Riva 128 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 135M is a mobile workstation card while Riva 128 PCI is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M
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