ATI Radeon HD 2400 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2400 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M 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 Radeon HD 2400

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 67% higher pipelines: 40 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 272

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 February 2008 vs 29 September 2005
Pipelines	40 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 272

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 398 MHz
7.5x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 990 MHz
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 218 vs 121
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1247 vs 635
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1247 vs 635

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	218 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1247 vs 635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1247 vs 635

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2400
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

272

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

635

1247

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

635

1247

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	218
PassMark - G2D Mark	298	272
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	635	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	635	1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2400	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV610	G71
Launch date	19 February 2008	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1052	1054
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	398 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40	24
Texture fill rate	1.592 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	180 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.92 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	990 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	256
Shared memory		0