ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT

Around 92% higher core clock speed: 480 MHz vs 250 MHz
7.7x more texture fill rate: 7.68 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	480 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.68 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark		2
PassMark - G2D Mark		119

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Celsius
Code name	M28	NV18 C1
Launch date	1 June 2005	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1280
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	480 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	7.68 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 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	9.0b	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR