NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 550 MHz
16x more pipelines: 256 vs 2x 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 256 MB

Launch date	2 March 2009 vs 20 January 2009
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	256 vs 2x 8
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1020 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1020 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark		103
PassMark - G2D Mark		143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		658

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	Tesla
Code name	N10E-GTX	G98
Launch date	2 March 2009	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1454
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	256	2x 8
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	1508 Million	210 million
Floating-point performance		2x 22.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1020 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		2x 11.2 GB / s
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs