ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 275 MHz
  • 5.8x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 140 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
  • 4.4x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 35.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 8
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 261
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 June 2007 vs 28 October 2003
Core clock speed 800 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 2200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 283 vs 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 vs 261

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 50 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
283
8
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
371
261
Name ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark 283 8
PassMark - G2D Mark 371 261
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1701

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Rankine
Code name RV630 NV34 B1
Launch date 28 June 2007 28 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 651 653
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 800 MHz 275 MHz
Floating-point performance 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 140 nm
Pipelines 120
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s 1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 13 Watt
Transistor count 390 million 45 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DMS-59

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCI
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0a
OpenGL 3.3 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 35.2 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2200 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR4 DDR