NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 250 MHz
36.8x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 64 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
292x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 584 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2006 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	584 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

15.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 94

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 94

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

584

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark	584	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	94	119
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G80	NV18 C1
Launch date	8 November 2006	31 May 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1276	1279
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	575
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	270 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
SLI