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
GPU 1
GPU 2
92
8
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 652 653
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