NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe vs ATI Radeon 9500

What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe and ATI Radeon 9500. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV37GPU NameR300
RankineArchitectureRage 8
TSMCFoundryTSMC
150 nmProcess Size150 nm
45 millionTransistors110 million
91 mm²Die Size215 mm²

Graphics Card

May 25th, 2004Release DateMar 1st, 2003
Quadro NVSFamilyRadeon R300
(9500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfaceAGP 8x

Memory

64 MBMemory Size64 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
8.000 GB/sBandwidth17.28 GB/s

Performance

1.100 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.100 GPixel/s
137.5 MVertices/sVertex fillrate275.0 MVertices/s
1.100 GTexel/sTexture fillrate1.100 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

250 MHz
500 Mbps effective
Memory Clock270 MHz
540 Mbps effective
275 MHzGPU Clock275 MHz

Render Config

4TMUs4
4ROPs4
4Pixel Shaders4
2Vertex Shaders4

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
13 WThermal design power (TDP)12 W
200 WSuggested PSU200 W
1x DMS-59Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

9.0aDirectX9.0 (9_0)
1.5 (2.1)OpenGL2.0
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A
2.0aPixel Shader2.0
2.0aVertex Shader2.0