NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs ATI Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 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 HD 2400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 398 MHz
30.3x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 1.592 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 240 vs 40
19.5x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 1107 MHz vs 990 MHz
10.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1299 vs 121
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 635
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 635

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 19 February 2008
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 40
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1299 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 635

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

11.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 236 Watt
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 236 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1299

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

635

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

635

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark	1299	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	298
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325	635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325	635

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	ATI Radeon HD 2400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200	RV610
Launch date	16 June 2008	19 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	1053	1054
Price now	$522.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	398 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	40
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	1.592 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	7.92 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI