NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 3.67 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 139
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	228 vs 139
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 996 vs 499
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 996 vs 499

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996 vs 499

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

499

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

499

996

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	228	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	47	33
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	499	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	499	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G86	G86
Launch date	4 October 2007	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$129
Place in performance rating	1656	1657
Price now	$37
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI