NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 602 MHz vs 250 MHz
38.5x more texture fill rate: 38.5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
497x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	602 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

15x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	119
Geekbench - OpenCL	15302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Celsius
Code name	GT200B	NV18 C1
Launch date	11 November 2008	31 May 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799
Place in performance rating	1313	1316
Price now	$149.99
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	8.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR