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
GPU 1
GPU 2
228
2
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
47
36
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 1656 1659
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