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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce G103M | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DMS-59 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |