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).

ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

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

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	1279	1280
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