ATI Radeon 7000 vs GeForce GTX 280

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	802	1601
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.11	no data
Power efficiency	1.00	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	GT200	RV100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2008 (17 years ago)	19 February 2001 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	240	no data
Core clock speed	602 MHz	183 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	23 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	48.16	0.55
Floating-point processing power	0.6221 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	1
TMUs	80	3
L2 Cache	256 KB	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
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 type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	183 MHz
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB/s	2.928 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	7.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 June 2008	19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	23 Watt

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