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).
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 | ATI Radeon VE |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1656 | 1659 |
Price now | $37 | |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.22 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DMS-59 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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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 |