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).
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 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 228 vs 145
- Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 32
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 145 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 47 vs 32 |
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 | NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 228 | 145 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 47 | 32 |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 168 mm | 229 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |
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