NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.9x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 333 MHz
36.2x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 1.332 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 400 MHz
29.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1285 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 333 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 1.332 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1285 vs 43

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 163 vs 59

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	163 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1285

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

163

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	1285	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	163
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 8
Code name	GT200	M10
Launch date	16 June 2008	1 June 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	1061	1058
Price now	$522.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	333 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	1.332 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI