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).

 

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 1453
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

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