NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 42 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2006 vs 22 March 2006
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	42 vs 39

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Around 64% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 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
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	666 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

251

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	39
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV44 A2	G72
Launch date	6 June 2006	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1218	1219
Price now	$61.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	112 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2