GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon HD 2900 XT

GeForce GTX 280
Radeon HD 2900 XT
240 Shaders
1GB GDDR3
602MHz
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR4
743MHz
FP32
0.62 TFLOPS
FP32
0.48 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
236W
TDP
215W
Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Architecture
Tesla 2
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Family
GeForce 200
Family
Radeon HD 2000
Codename
NVA0
GT200
Variant
GT200-300-A2
Codename
Pele
R600
Variant
R600 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/17/2008
Release Date
5/14/2007
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
65nm
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Fabrication Node
80nm
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Die Size
576 mm²
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Die Size
420 mm²
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Transistor Count
1.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
720 Million
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Transistor Density
2.43M/mm²
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Transistor Density
1.71M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
240 Shaders
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
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Compute Units
4 CUs
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1296MHz Shader
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602MHz
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743MHz
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FP32
0.62 TFLOPS
FP32
0.48 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
19.264 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
11.888 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
48.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
11.888 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
256KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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1GB
GDDR3
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1GB
GDDR4
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Bus Width
512Bit
Bus Width
512Bit
Clock
1107MHz
Transfer Rate
2.2GT/s
Bandwidth
141.7GB/s
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
128GB/s
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TDP
236W
TDP
215W
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1x S-Video
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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No Decoders
Model
UVD 1.0
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Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.3
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
Shader Model
4.0
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GFX
3
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
1.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
3-way SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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