NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 275 MHz
9.1x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 209 vs 43
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 97

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	209 vs 43
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 97

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	209	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1901
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1901

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96	NV44 A2
Launch date	29 July 2008	6 June 2006
Place in performance rating	1372	1375
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$27.99
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	275 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	99.2 gflops
Gigaflops	148
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0