NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M

The NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M is a mobile workstation GPU from NVIDIA's NVS Mobile generation, built on the Curie architecture with the G73 chip. Fabricated by TSMC on a 90 nm process, the die contains 177 million transistors within 125 mm², producing a transistor density of 1.4M / mm². The release date is 2006-05-23 and the production status is end-of-life. In the benchmark database, this product has an unusual record: the benchmarks array is empty, the nearestRivals array is empty, the aggregate benchmark score is 0, and the all-GPU percentile is 50. Because the score is 0, the percentile is not supported by any measured performance. All analysis below therefore relies on the recorded specifications, not on observed results.

Who Should Consider It

Since the aggregate benchmark score is 0, no measured scores exist to translate into resolution and settings tiers. The specified hardware is the only guide. The GPU carries 256 MB of GDDR3 on a 128 bit bus, producing 22.40 GB/s of bandwidth, and its 8 TMUs and 8 ROPs yield 4.000 GTexel/s and 4.000 GPixel/s. For software written against DirectX 9.0c (9_3) or OpenGL 2.1, these are the throughput ceilings. The 256 MB frame buffer and 22.40 GB/s bandwidth will constrain texture-heavy workloads at higher resolutions. Therefore this GPU is suited to applications that are undemanding with memory and that fit within the DirectX 9.0c (9_3) or OpenGL 2.1 feature sets. It is not suited to contemporary high-resolution rendering. Because the display outputs are portable-device dependent, consideration is limited to the original mobile workstation chassis. Owners maintaining that chassis can expect the NVS 300M to handle moderate workloads, but the data does not allow a specific resolution or quality-level recommendation beyond what the fill rates and bandwidth imply.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The rtCores and tensorCores fields are null, so the record contains no hardware ray tracing and no tensor cores. The G73 chip uses the Curie architecture, which supplies fixed-function geometry and pixel processing. API support is DirectX 9.0c (9_3) and OpenGL 2.1; Vulkan is not present. With no RT cores, hardware-accelerated ray tracing is unavailable. With no tensor cores, tensor-based inference features are unavailable. The texture and pixel pipelines run at 4.000 GTexel/s and 4.000 GPixel/s, fed by a 128 bit GDDR3 interface at 700 MHz (1400 Mbps effective) for 22.40 GB/s. Those are the only processing resources on record. The DirectX 9.0c (9_3) feature level limits shader capabilities to that generation's specification, while OpenGL 2.1 defines the professional API ceiling. Anything requiring Vulkan is outside the device's reach.

Power and Cooling

The TDP is 16 W, and the power connector field is "None". No suggested PSU is recorded. The PCIe 1.0 x16 interface is the sole power and data connection. Memory runs at 700 MHz (1400 Mbps effective), and the low clocks help keep the TDP at 16 W. The cooling solution is not specified by dimensions or slot width, because the display outputs are portable-device dependent and the GPU is embedded in a mobile system. A 16 W thermal envelope requires only a modest heatsink and airflow. There are no auxiliary power connectors to route. The end-of-life production status does not alter the power requirements; the recorded 16 W TDP and "None" connector entry define the installation constraints.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals field is empty, so the database provides no rival names, no rival scores, and no deltaPct values. Consequently, this GPU cannot be positioned against specific competitors. The all-GPU percentile of 50 is the only rank value, but with an aggregate benchmark score of 0 the percentile lacks measured support. The fixed specifications — 256 MB GDDR3, 128 bit bus, 22.40 GB/s, 8 TMUs, 8 ROPs, 4.000 GTexel/s, 4.000 GPixel/s, 16 W TDP — are the only comparative characteristics on record. The 90 nm process, 177 million transistors, 125 mm² die, and 1.4M / mm² density place the G73 in a specific manufacturing and architectural generation. None of those properties, however, translate into a delta against a rival because no rival is listed. The empty neighbor list is the data's verdict: there is no recorded competition to measure.

Benchmark Performance

The aggregate benchmark score is 0. The benchmarks array has no entries. There are no measured scores, no average frame-rate records, and no percentage deltas. The 50th all-GPU percentile is present but is not tied to any benchmark event. The fixed-function throughput numbers are the only performance metrics on the record: 4.000 GPixel/s pixel fill rate and 4.000 GTexel/s texture fill rate, from 8 ROPs and 8 TMUs. Memory bandwidth is 22.40 GB/s from a 128 bit GDDR3 bus at 700 MHz (1400 Mbps effective), with 256 MB capacity. These numbers describe a low-throughput, low-power GPU by the standard of the database's full population. But because no benchmark scores exist, the database cannot report how the NVS 300M performs relative to the 50th percentile or any other point in the distribution. Exact deltas versus rivals are impossible to calculate with an empty rival list. The performance record is thus a structurally unmeasured one: score 0, percentile 50, no entries, no comparisons.