Quadro NVS 290 vs 600

Place in performance ranking	963	1167
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GF108	G86
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	13 December 2010 (13 years ago)	4 October 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	$149
Current price	$118 (0.7x MSRP)	$68 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 600 and NVS 290 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	16
Core clock speed	640 MHz	459 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	21 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.24	3.672
Floating-point performance	245.76 gflops	29.376 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

1x DMS-59

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro 600 1.38
+134%

NVS 290 0.59

600 outperforms NVS 290 by 134% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro 600 534
+134%

NVS 290 228

600 outperforms NVS 290 by 134% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.38	0.59
Recency	13 December 2010	4 October 2007
Cost	$179	$149
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	21 Watt