NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 vs ATI Radeon VE

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 180 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 23 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 366 MHz
114x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 2
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 180 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	228 vs 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE

149.6x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 3.67 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290	ATI Radeon VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	228	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	47	36
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	499

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290	ATI Radeon VE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 6
Code name	G86	Rage 6
Launch date	4 October 2007	19 February 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1649	1651
Price now	$37
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	183 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	30 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	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR