NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M vs ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M and ATI Radeon 3100 IGP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 344 MHz
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 74
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1876 vs 370
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1876 vs 370

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 4 March 2008
Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 344 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	576 vs 74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1876 vs 370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1876 vs 370

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 153

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	228 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

576

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

228

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1876

370

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1876

370

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	576	74
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1876	370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1876	370

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RS780
Launch date	3 March 2009	4 March 2008
Place in performance rating	1263	1265
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1463 MHz	344 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	374.5 gflops
Gigaflops	562
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-IV	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI