NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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 8800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 576 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 36.8 billion / sec
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 374.5 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 768 MB
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2009 vs 8 November 2006
Core clock speed	1463 MHz vs 576 MHz
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec vs 36.8 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	374.5 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 155 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 98

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 590 vs 576
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1876
Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1876

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	590 vs 576
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 1876

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

576

590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1876

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1876

3349

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	576	590
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	98
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1876	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1876	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G80
Launch date	3 March 2009	8 November 2006
Place in performance rating	1263	1266
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	1463 MHz	576 MHz
CUDA cores	128	575
Floating-point performance	374.5 gflops	345.6 gflops
Gigaflops	562
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	128	128
Texture fill rate	38 billion / sec	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	155 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	681 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
Length		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	61 GB / s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI