NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 459 MHz
69.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.67 GTexel / s
48x more pipelines: 2x 384 vs 16
88.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

8.1x lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.3
PassMark - G3D Mark		228
PassMark - G2D Mark		47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF114	G86
Launch date	25 January 2011	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1646	1649
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$37
Value for money (0-100)		3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 384	16
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	292 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 128.3 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2