NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 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 HD 2600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 500 MHz
12.1x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 240 vs 120
5.2x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 120 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 800 MHz
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1278 vs 168
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 1690
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 1690

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 120
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 120 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1278 vs 168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 1690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 1690

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 267 vs 57

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	267 vs 57

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1278

168

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

267

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

1690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

1690

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1278	168
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	267
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325	1690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325	1690

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200	M76
Launch date	16 June 2008	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	1038	1039
Price now	$522.78
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	120
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	390 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	MXM-II
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
PowerPlay 7.0