CMP 90HX vs Quadro NVS 285

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNV44 A2GA102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date6 June 2006 (18 years ago)28 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$27.99 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data6400
Core clock speed275 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors75 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate1.100342.0
Floating-point processing powerno data21.89 TFLOPS
ROPs280
TMUs4200
Tensor Coresno data200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm285 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount128 MB10 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s760.3 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 Connectors1x DMS-59No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2006 28 July 2021
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 10 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 320 Watt

NVS 285 has 1677.8% lower power consumption.

CMP 90HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 7900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 285 and CMP 90HX. We've got no test results to judge.


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