ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT vs NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT and NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400 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 2900 GT

NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 275 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 7.21 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 590 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 292 vs 102
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 223

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 November 2007 vs 25 February 2005
Core clock speed	601 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.21 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 590 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	292 vs 102
PassMark - G2D Mark	344 vs 223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

292

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

344

223

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	292	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	344	223
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT	NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	R600	NV41
Launch date	6 November 2007	25 February 2005
Place in performance rating	780	783
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	601 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	7.21 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	720 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	18.88 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	590 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR