NVIDIA ION 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION 2 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA ION 2

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 459 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 21 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 928 vs 499
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 928 vs 499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 21 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928 vs 499

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

928

499

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

928

499

Name	NVIDIA ION 2	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928	499
PassMark - G3D Mark		228
PassMark - G2D Mark		47

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION 2	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	3 June 2008	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1668	1669
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$37
Value for money (0-100)		3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Texture fill rate		3.67 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR2, DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		800 MHz