NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 vs ATI Radeon 9250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 and ATI Radeon 9250 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 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
14x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 42 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2006 vs 1 March 2004
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	42 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250

872.7x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	ATI Radeon 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	ATI Radeon 9250
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	NV44 A2	RV280
Launch date	6 June 2006	1 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1227	1229
Price now	$61.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 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	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR