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.

ATI Radeon X600 XT

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

261

Name	ATI Radeon X600 XT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	92	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	258	261

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X600 XT	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rankine
Code name	RV380	NV34 B1
Launch date	1 September 2004	28 October 2003
Place in performance rating	655	656
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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	9.0b	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
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