ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 275 MHz
8.4x more texture fill rate: 9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 140 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
45.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 366 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 28 October 2003
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	366 vs 8

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 261 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	261 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

261

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	366	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	261

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rankine
Code name	M88	NV34 B1
Launch date	4 June 2008	28 October 2003
Place in performance rating	653	656
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	140 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0a
OpenGL	3.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0