NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M 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 Quadro FX 2500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 500 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 48.2 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 240 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1299 vs 218
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 1247
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 1247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 June 2008 vs 29 September 2005
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1299 vs 218
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 1247

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

5.2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 236 Watt
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1107 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 236 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1107 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1299

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

1247

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

1247

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1299	218
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	272
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325	1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT200	G71
Launch date	16 June 2008	29 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1053	1040
Price now	$522.78	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	2.98	2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	24
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion / sec	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	236 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
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-III
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI