NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 512 vs 499
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 512 vs 499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 4 October 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	512 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	512 vs 499

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 450 MHz
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 68

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	228 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

512

499

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

512

499

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	68	228
PassMark - G2D Mark	47	47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	512	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	512	499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Essentials
Code name	MCP77MH MCP79MH	G86
Launch date	3 June 2008	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1667	1669
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Architecture		Tesla
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$37
Value for money (0-100)		3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	16
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Texture fill rate		3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		21 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None