NVIDIA ION LE vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION LE and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA ION LE

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 98 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	98 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 20 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 96

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 20 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	97 vs 96

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION LE
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA ION LE	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	96	97

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION LE	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	ION	NV44 A2
Launch date	3 June 2008	6 June 2006
Place in performance rating	1373	1375
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$27.99
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	282 million	75 million
Texture fill rate		1.1 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR