NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4.9x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 300 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 123
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 122

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	576 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 122

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

576

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

122

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	576	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1876

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G92	NV48
Launch date	3 March 2009	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	1275	1278
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1463 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	374.5 gflops
Gigaflops	562
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-IV	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		532 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI