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).

NVIDIA GeForce G103M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	1648	1649
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