NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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 Go 7400

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
33x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 66 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2006 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	66 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 112

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 112

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

112

119

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark	66	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	112	119
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	240
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	240

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Celsius
Code name	G72	NV18 C1
Launch date	1 February 2006	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	1575	1316
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	4
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	112 million	29 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		10 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.6 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	450 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	64 / 32	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II