| Base of Difference | Partial View | View |
| Lightweight | As the name suggest partial View it is lighter then full view. | View is not as lightweight as the partial view. |
| Layout | Partial View does not have its own layout page. | But View has its own layout page. |
| Render | Partial view is designed particularly for rendering within the view. | Viewstart page is rendered just before rendering any view. |
| Tags | Partial View does not contains any of markup tags. | The view can have markup tags of HTML such as HTML, head, body, title, meta, etc. |