NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- 2.9x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
- 2.3x better floating-point performance: 374.5 gflops vs 160 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 382
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 vs 1 November 2007 |
Core clock speed | 1463 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 38 billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 128 vs 64 |
Floating-point performance | 374.5 gflops vs 160 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 576 vs 382 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
- Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 153
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1989 vs 1876
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1989 vs 1876
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 159 vs 153 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1989 vs 1876 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1989 vs 1876 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M | NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 576 | 382 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 153 | 159 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1876 | 1989 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1876 | 1989 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M | NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G92 | G92 |
Launch date | 3 March 2009 | 1 November 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1256 | 1259 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1463 MHz | 500 MHz |
CUDA cores | 128 | 64 |
Floating-point performance | 374.5 gflops | 160 gflops |
Gigaflops | 562 | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 128 | 64 |
Texture fill rate | 38 billion / sec | 16 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
Transistor count | 754 million | 754 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | MXM-IV | MXM-HE |
Laptop size | large | large |
MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | |
SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 61 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 | |
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SLI | ||
Gigathread technology | ||
HDCP-capable | ||
PCI-E 16x | ||
PowerMizer 7.0 |