ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 49 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 162
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 218 vs 115

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 49 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 980 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 162
PassMark - G3D Mark	218 vs 115

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

162

272

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

218

Name	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
PassMark - G2D Mark	162	272
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	218
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R430	G71
Launch date	1 October 2005	29 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1067	1068
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Pipelines		24
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	MXM-III
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	31.36 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	980 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0