NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 459 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 3.67 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
3.1x better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 499
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 499

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 172
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	228 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

228

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

499

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

499

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	172	228
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505	499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G86
Launch date	29 July 2008	4 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99	$149
Place in performance rating	1666	1669
Price now	$85.99	$37
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	4.13	3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	459 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI	1x DMS-59
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 / 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA
SLI