NVIDIA GeForce G103M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G103M 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G103M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 459 MHz
  • Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 5.12 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 21 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Launch date 1 September 2009 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed 640 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.12 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 21 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

  • 2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
  • Around 15% better floating-point performance: 29.376 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 34
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 63
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 16 vs 8
Floating-point performance 29.376 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 47 vs 34
PassMark - G3D Mark 228 vs 63

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G103M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
34
47
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
63
228
Name NVIDIA GeForce G103M NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
PassMark - G2D Mark 34 47
PassMark - G3D Mark 63 228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 499

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce G103M NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G98 G86
Launch date 1 September 2009 4 October 2007
Place in performance rating 1655 1656
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Price now $37
Value for money (0-100) 3.22

Technical info

Core clock speed 640 MHz 459 MHz
Floating-point performance 25.6 gflops 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 8 16
Texture fill rate 5.12 GTexel / s 3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt 21 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DMS-59

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR2