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).

 

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 1653 1656
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