NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3259 vs 1876
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3259 vs 1876
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 December 2009 vs 3 March 2009
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3259 vs 1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3259 vs 1876

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1463 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 38 billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 374.5 gflops vs 288 gflops
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 576 vs 418
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 44
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1463 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 38 billion / sec vs 28.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 128 vs 96
Floating-point performance 374.5 gflops vs 288 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 576 vs 418
PassMark - G2D Mark 153 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
418
576
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
44
153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3259
1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3259
1876
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
PassMark - G3D Mark 418 576
PassMark - G2D Mark 44 153
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3259 1876
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3259 1876

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92 G92
Launch date 1 December 2009 3 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1262 1263
Price now $49.95
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 22.55

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 1463 MHz
Floating-point performance 288 gflops 374.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 96 128
Texture fill rate 28.8 GTexel / s 38 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 754 million
CUDA cores 128
Gigaflops 562

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-IV
Laptop size large large
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
MXM Type MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s 61 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
PowerMizer 8.0
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
PureVideo HD
SLI