Radeon R7 350X OEM vs Quadro NVS 290

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1267not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency2.00no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameG86Oland
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date4 October 2007 (18 years ago)5 May 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores16384
Core clock speed459 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1050 MHz
Number of transistors210 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)21 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate3.67225.20
Floating-point processing power0.02938 TFLOPS0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs824
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cache16 KB256 KB

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 3.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s32 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DMS-591x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2007 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 21 Watt 65 Watt

NVS 290 has 209.5% lower power consumption.

R7 350X OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 290 and Radeon R7 350X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 290 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 350X OEM is a desktop one.

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