Quadro NVS 280 PCI vs GeForce FX 5500 PCI

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	NV34 B1	NV34 B1
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	17 March 2004 (20 years ago)	28 October 2003 (20 years ago)
Current price	$145	$100

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed	270 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	45 million	45 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	13 Watt
Texture fill rate	1.080	1.100

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCI	PCI
Length	165 mm	168 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

1x DMS-59

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	17 March 2004	28 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB

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