NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and ATI Radeon 9100 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 Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
5.2x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 250 MHz
24.1x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 500 MHz
214.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1285 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 1 April 2003
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1285 vs 6

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100

8.4x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 236 Watt
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 163 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 236 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	163 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1285

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

163

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark	1285	6
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 Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GT200	R200
Launch date	16 June 2008	1 April 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	1062	1059
Price now	$522.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	60 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 4x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI