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).

 

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
6
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 1054 1057
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