NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M vs ATI Radeon 9800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M and ATI Radeon 9800 XT 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 9800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 412 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 730 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 218 vs 57
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 272 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2005 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 412 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	218 vs 57
PassMark - G2D Mark	272 vs 160

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

218

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

272

160

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	218	57
PassMark - G2D Mark	272	160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M	ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	G71	R360
Launch date	29 September 2005	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1052	1055
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	412 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	3.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	117 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-III	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	23.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	600 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	730 MHz
Memory type	256	DDR
Shared memory	0