NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 1390 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 May 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1390 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.6x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 540 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
4.3x better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 166 vs 93
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 494
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 494

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 8
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	166 vs 93
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 494

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

166

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

1505

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	93	166
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	494	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	494	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G96C
Launch date	7 May 2009	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$54.50	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1664	1667
Price now	$49.75	$85.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.51	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	8	32
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.12 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1390 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI