GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs GTX 280

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking740not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.11no data
Power efficiency0.97no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGT200GB203
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores24010752
Core clock speed602 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)236 Watt175 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate48.16672.0
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPS43.01 TFLOPS
ROPs32128
TMUs80336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

Form factor & 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1107 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth141.7 GB/s1.01 TB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsHDTVDual Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+10.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 236 Watt 175 Watt

RTX 5090 Mobile has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 34.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 280 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is a notebook one.


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