NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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 Quadro FX 1600M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 275 MHz
9.1x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 231 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	231 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	97 vs 89

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	231	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	89	97

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 June 2007	6 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$149.90	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1414	1415
Price now	$149.90	$61.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.87	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0