NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 vs ATI Radeon 7500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 and ATI Radeon 7500 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 290

ATI Radeon 7500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 290 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 3.67 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 23 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 460 MHz
76x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 3
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 290 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	228 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290	ATI Radeon 7500
PassMark - G3D Mark	228	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	47	35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290	ATI Radeon 7500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G86	RV200
Launch date	4 October 2007	14 August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1656	1658
Price now	$37
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	290 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s	1.74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	60 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 4x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR