NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M vs ATI Radeon 9100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M and ATI Radeon 9100 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 Radeon 9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
6x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
36.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 218 vs 6
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 163

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2005 vs 1 April 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	218 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 163

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9100

Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

163

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M	ATI Radeon 9100
PassMark - G3D Mark	218	6
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 Radeon 9100
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	G71	R200
Launch date	29 September 2005	1 April 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1040	1042
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	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	600 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0