NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 333 MHz
9x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 218 vs 43
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 163

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2005 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 333 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 1.332 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	218 vs 43
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 163

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

163

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	218	43
PassMark - G2D Mark	272	163
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 8
Code name	G71	M10
Launch date	29 September 2005	1 June 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1052	1054
Price now	$99.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.77
Technical info
Boost clock speed	500 MHz
Core clock speed	500 MHz	333 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	1.332 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	600 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0