NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
5.1x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 275 MHz
46x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
7x more maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 128 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1134 MHz vs 500 MHz
33.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1409 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 January 2009 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1409 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

12.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 219 Watt
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 73

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 219 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 73

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1409

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	1409	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	73	127
Geekbench - OpenCL	23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3195

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200B	NV44 A2
Launch date	15 January 2009	6 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1219	1220
Price now	$119.99	$61.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	13.43	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	275 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI	1x DMS-59
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	168 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	127.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1134 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI