Quadro NVS 290 vs FX 5500

Place in performance ranking	1151	1163
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.01	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G71	G86
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	20 April 2006 (18 years ago)	4 October 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	$149
Current price	$150 (0.1x MSRP)	$68 (0.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 5500 and NVS 290 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

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	no data	16
Core clock speed	650 MHz	459 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	21 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	3.672
Floating-point performance	no data	29.376 gflops

Size and 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 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

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	GDDR3	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1010 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32.32 GB/s	6.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x DMS-59

API support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	3.0	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	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.

FX 5500 0.63
+6.8%

NVS 290 0.59

FX 5500 outperforms NVS 290 by 7% based on our aggregated 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%

FX 5500 242
+6.1%

NVS 290 228

FX 5500 outperforms NVS 290 by 6% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.63	0.59
Recency	20 April 2006	4 October 2007
Cost	$2999	$149
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	21 Watt