ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 275 MHz
9.7x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 500 MHz
10x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2008 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	432 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	97 vs 92

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	432	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	92	97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV670	NV44 A2
Launch date	3 January 2008	6 June 2006
Place in performance rating	1374	1375
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$27.99
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR