GeForce GTX 280 vs Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS with GeForce GTX 280, including specs and performance data.

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS
30 Watt
11.05
+228%

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS outperforms GTX 280 by a whopping 228% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking423735
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.13
Power efficiency25.671.00
Architectureno dataTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameno dataGT200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)16 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

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 cores1536240
Core clock speedno data602 MHz
Boost clock speed1250 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rateno data48.16
Floating-point processing powerno data0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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 typeLPDDR5xGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data512 Bit
Memory clock speed8448 MHz1107 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data141.7 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno dataHDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD34
+240%
10−12
−240%
1440p17
+240%
5−6
−240%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data64.90
1440pno data129.80

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.05 3.37
Chip lithography 4 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 236 Watt

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS has a 227.9% higher aggregate performance score, a 1525% more advanced lithography process, and 686.7% lower power consumption.

The Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 280 in performance tests.

Be aware that Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 280 is a desktop one.


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Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 3.8 TFLOPS
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