NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 540 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 27.84 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
13.4x better floating-point performance: 278.4 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1390 MHz

Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.84 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Floating-point performance	278.4 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1390 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 140 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 140 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
PassMark - G3D Mark		94
PassMark - G2D Mark		47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		494

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GTX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G98
Launch date	27 May 2009	7 May 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1664
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$54.50
Price now		$49.75
Value for money (0-100)		2.51
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	278.4 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	8
Texture fill rate	27.84 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	11.12 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1390 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3