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).

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

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

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	652	655
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