Quadro FX 4500 X2 vs NVS 290

Place in performance ranking	1163	1158
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G86	G71
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	4 October 2007 (16 years ago)	24 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$2,799
Current price	$68 (0.5x MSRP)	$300 (0.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

NVS 290 and FX 4500 X2 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	16	no data
Core clock speed	459 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	278 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	21 Watt	145 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.672	12.00
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops	no data

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	168 mm	305 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin

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	DDR2	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1210 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	38.72 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

1x DMS-59

4x DVI

API support

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

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

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.

NVS 290 0.59

FX 4500 X2 0.61
+3.4%

FX 4500 X2 outperforms NVS 290 by 3% 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%

NVS 290 228

FX 4500 X2 236
+3.5%

FX 4500 X2 outperforms NVS 290 by 4% 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	0.59	0.61
Recency	4 October 2007	24 April 2006
Cost	$149	$2799
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	21 Watt	145 Watt