NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M 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).

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 May 2009 vs 15 August 2008
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	43 vs 27

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 4.64 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 23.2 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1390 MHz
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 141 vs 111
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 784 vs 494
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 784 vs 494

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.64 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	23.2 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 23 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1390 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	141 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	784 vs 494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	784 vs 494

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

111

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

784

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

784

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	111	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	27
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	494	784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	494	784

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G98
Launch date	7 May 2009	15 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$54.50
Place in performance rating	1676	1679
Price now	$49.75
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.51
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	8	8
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	4.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-I
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.12 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1390 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0