GeForce GTX 280 and Radeon 9600 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon 9600 XT
GeForce GTX 280
1338
Radeon 9600 XT
36
GeForce GTX 280
Radeon 9600 XT
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name
GT200
RV360
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
October 2003
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
602 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
240
-
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
60 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
-
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
22 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
2.000
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
9.6 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
9.0 (9_0)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
2.0
Shader Model
4.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A