NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M 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 285

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 450 MHz
28.8x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
60x more pipelines: 240 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 900 MHz
33.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1515 vs 45

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 December 2008 vs 13 March 2006
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515 vs 45

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

13.6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 204 Watt
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 132 vs 76

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	132 vs 76

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1515

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

132

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1515	45
PassMark - G2D Mark	76	132
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200B	G72
Launch date	23 December 2008	13 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$359
Place in performance rating	1187	1189
Price now	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	1476 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	4
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64
Shared memory		no
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II