NVIDIA NVS 300 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 300

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 21 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 996 vs 499
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 996 vs 499

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 21 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996 vs 499

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 122
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 41

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	228 vs 122
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 41

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

228

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

499

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

499

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	228
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	47
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996	499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	8 January 2011	4 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$149
Place in performance rating	1647	1649
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$37
Value for money (0-100)		3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2