Matrox Millenium P650 PCIe vs Quadro NVS 290
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1213 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.94 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Parhelia (2002−2006) |
| GPU code name | G86 | Parhelia-LX |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 October 2007 (17 years ago) | 10 May 2003 (21 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | $234 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 459 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 80 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 21 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 3.672 | 2.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.02938 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| 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 | DDR2 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 8.8 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 DMS-59 | 2x DVI |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 October 2007 | 10 May 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 150 nm |
NVS 290 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 87.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 290 and Matrox Millenium P650 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 290 is a workstation graphics card while Matrox Millenium P650 PCIe is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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