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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA NVS 300 | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1654 | 1656 |
Type | Workstation | Workstation |
Price now | $37 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.22 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DMS-59 | 1x DMS-59 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 145 mm | 168 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |