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).

 

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 1050 1052
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