NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 42 vs 33
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 June 2006 vs 12 May 2003
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 42 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 1.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 127
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 129 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
42
33
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
127
129
Name NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
PassMark - G3D Mark 42 33
PassMark - G2D Mark 127 129

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Essentials

Architecture Curie Rankine
Code name NV44 A2 NV35
Launch date 6 June 2006 12 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $27.99
Place in performance rating 1218 1220
Price now $61.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 0.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 275 MHz 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1.1 GTexel / s 1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt
Transistor count 75 million 135 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 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0a
OpenGL 2.1 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR