ATI Radeon X600 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X600 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X600 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- Around 82% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 275 MHz
- Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
- Around 48% higher memory clock speed: 740 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 11.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 92 vs 8
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 September 2004 vs 28 October 2003 |
Core clock speed | 500 MHz vs 275 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 140 nm |
Maximum memory size | 128 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 740 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 92 vs 8 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
- Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 25 Watt
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 261 vs 258
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 13 Watt vs 25 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 261 vs 258 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon X600 XT | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 92 | 8 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 258 | 261 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X600 XT | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 9 | Rankine |
Code name | RV380 | NV34 B1 |
Launch date | 1 September 2004 | 28 October 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 654 | 655 |
Type | Desktop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 275 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 140 nm |
Texture fill rate | 2 GTexel / s | 1.1 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 13 Watt |
Transistor count | 75 million | 45 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DMS-59 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCI |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
Length | 168 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0b | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 11.84 GB / s | 8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 740 MHz | 500 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |