NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 459 MHz
54223.4x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
224x more pipelines: 3584 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 80 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
20.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 47
67.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15295 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 47
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295 vs 228

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 RTX 3060 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15295

228

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1577
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	47
PassMark - G3D Mark	15295	228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Tesla
Code name	GA106	G86
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	82	1669
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$37
Type		Workstation
Value for money (0-100)		3.22
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	3584	16
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	210 million
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	168 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	240.0 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR2