NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe vs ATI FireGL V5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe and ATI FireGL V5100 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.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe

ATI FireGL V5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5100

Around 64% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 275 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 5.4 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
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5100

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe	ATI FireGL V5100
PassMark - G3D Mark		93
PassMark - G2D Mark		250

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe	ATI FireGL V5100
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	R400
Code name	NV37	R423
Launch date	25 May 2004	1 May 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	677
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Transistor count	45 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	211 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0c
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR