NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
4.5x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 275 MHz
14.5x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
8.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 28 Watt
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	97 vs 69

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	69	97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT215	NV44 A2
Launch date	7 January 2010	6 June 2006
Place in performance rating	1412	1415
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$27.99
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	275 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	1x DMS-59
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI