NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 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 GTX 285M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 602 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 128 vs 73

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2010 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 602 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	128 vs 73

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 38 billion / sec
Around 50% higher pipelines: 192 vs 128
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 462.3 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 982 vs 636
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2172
Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2172

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 38 billion / sec
Pipelines	192 vs 128
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	982 vs 636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2172

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

982

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2172

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2172

3358

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
PassMark - G3D Mark	636	982
PassMark - G2D Mark	128	73
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2172	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2172	3358
Geekbench - OpenCL		15302

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G92	GT200B
Launch date	1 February 2010	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1294	1295
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,799
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	602 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops	462.3 gflops
Gigaflops	576
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	128	192
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0