NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 275 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 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
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 145 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2009 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	145 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 28 Watt
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 97 vs 71

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	97 vs 71

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	145	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	71	97
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023
Geekbench - OpenCL	2855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 December 2009	6 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1616	1415
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR