NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 vs ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 and ATI Radeon 9200 SE 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 NVS 285

ATI Radeon 9200 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 28 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 332 MHz
14x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 42 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2006 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 28 Watt
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	42 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE

727.3x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	129 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

129

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	129

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	ATI Radeon 9200 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	NV44 A2	RV280
Launch date	6 June 2006	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1220	1223
Price now	$61.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR