NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
5.2x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 250 MHz
28.4x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 1.7 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
38.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1285 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 1.7 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 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 161 vs 59

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	161 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1285

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	1285	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	161
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 VE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GT200	NV36 A1
Launch date	16 June 2008	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	1060	1057
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	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	82 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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	AGP 8x
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	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	8.8 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