ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 78% higher core clock speed: 445 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 1.78 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 21.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 43 vs 2
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 226 vs 119
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 January 2006 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed 445 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.78 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 43 vs 2
PassMark - G2D Mark 226 vs 119

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
43
2
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
226
119
Name ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark 43 2
PassMark - G2D Mark 226 119
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 252

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Essentials

Architecture R500 Celsius
Code name M54 NV18 C1
Launch date 19 January 2006 31 May 2005
Place in performance rating 1280 1281
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 445 MHz
Core clock speed 445 MHz 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 4
Texture fill rate 1.78 GTexel / s 1 GTexel / s
Transistor count 107 million 29 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DMS-59

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 AGP 8x
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 8.0
OpenGL 2.0 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 250 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type 128 DDR
Shared memory 0