NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 4.7x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 275 MHz
  • 43.8x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 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
  • 98.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1285 vs 13
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 June 2008 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed 1296 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate 48.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 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 13

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 59
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 159 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1285
13
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
159
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5300
PassMark - G3D Mark 1285 13
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 159
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 Go5300

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Rankine
Code name GT200 NV34 A1
Launch date 16 June 2008 1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 1062 1065
Price now $522.78
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 2.98

Technical info

Core clock speed 1296 MHz 275 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 1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 236 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 45 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 9.0a
OpenGL 2.1 1.5 (2.1)

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