NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 AGP vs ATI Radeon X800 PRO
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 AGP and ATI Radeon X800 PRO 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 AGP
- 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 48 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 13 Watt vs 48 Watt |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 PRO
- Around 73% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 275 MHz
- 5.2x more texture fill rate: 5.7 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
- Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Core clock speed | 475 MHz vs 275 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 5.7 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 900 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 PRO
Name | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 AGP | ATI Radeon X800 PRO |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 65 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 190 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 AGP | ATI Radeon X800 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | R400 |
Code name | NV34 A1 | R423 |
Launch date | 25 May 2004 | 1 May 2004 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 920 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 275 MHz | 475 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 130 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.1 GTexel / s | 5.7 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 13 Watt | 48 Watt |
Transistor count | 45 million | 160 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DMS-59 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 8 GB / s | 28.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 900 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |