NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 600 MHz
21.6x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 240 vs 40
14.8x better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 800 MHz
14.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1501 vs 102
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 780
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 780

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 December 2008 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1476 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 40
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops vs 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1501 vs 102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 780

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT

3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 246 vs 68

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	246 vs 68

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1501

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

246

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

780

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

780

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1501	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	68	246
Geekbench - OpenCL	22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347	780
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347	780

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	M74
Launch date	23 December 2008	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$359
Place in performance rating	1191	1193
Price now	$179.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	9.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	1476 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	240
Floating-point performance	708.5 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	240	40
Texture fill rate	51.8 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	204 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	159.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1242 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI
PowerPlay 7.0