ATI FirePro V9800 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of ATI FirePro V9800 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

ATI FirePro V9800

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V9800

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 275 MHz
61.8x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
9.2x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 500 MHz
64.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2727 vs 42
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 655 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2010 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727 vs 42
PassMark - G2D Mark	655 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

13.9x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FirePro V9800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2727

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

655

127

Name	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	2727	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	655	127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	738.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.867
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	118.756

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FirePro V9800	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Curie
Code name	Cypress	NV44 A2
Launch date	9 September 2010	6 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499	$27.99
Place in performance rating	627	1227
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1600
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	147.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR