Quadro NVS 280 PCI vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5430 with Quadro NVS 280 PCI, including specs and performance data.
Mobility HD 5430 outperforms 280 PCI by a whopping 1600% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1358 | 1562 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.74 | 0.12 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Rankine (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | Park | NV34 B1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 28 October 2003 (22 years ago) |
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 | 80 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 45 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 13 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 1.100 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.08 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 8 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 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 | PCI |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | No outputs | 1x DMS-59 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0a |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 24−27
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 24−27
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 24−27
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.34 | 0.02 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 28 October 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 13 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5430 has a 1600% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 86% lower power consumption.
The Mobility Radeon HD 5430 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 280 PCI in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5430 is a notebook graphics card while Quadro NVS 280 PCI is a workstation one.
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