NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 275 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 500 MHz
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 426 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 March 2007 vs 6 June 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	426 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

7.4x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 134 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 124

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 134 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 124

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

127

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark	426	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	124	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G80	NV44 A2
Launch date	5 March 2007	6 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1217	1218
Price now	$143.51	$61.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	5.45	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	134 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	67.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR