Intel GMA 900 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 900 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Intel GMA 900

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 900

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 333 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm

Core clock speed	333 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 900	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 3.0	Rankine
Code name	Grantsdale	NV37
Launch date	1 June 2004	25 May 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	333 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate		1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		13 Watt
Transistor count		45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	1.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR