NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M vs ATI Radeon X1600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M and ATI Radeon X1600 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 X1600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 635 MHz
15x more texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 2.54 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
11.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 49
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1876 vs 1019
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1876 vs 1019

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 635 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 2.54 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	576 vs 49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1876 vs 1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1876 vs 1019

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 153

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

576

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

209

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1876

1019

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1876

1019

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	ATI Radeon X1600
PassMark - G3D Mark	576	49
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	209
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1876	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1876	1019

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	ATI Radeon X1600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R500
Code name	G92	RV516
Launch date	3 March 2009	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	1275	1277
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1463 MHz	635 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	374.5 gflops
Gigaflops	562
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec	2.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI