Radeon Graphics 448SP vs GeForce GTX 280

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking732not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.11no data
Power efficiency0.99no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT200Renoir
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
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 cores240448
Core clock speed602 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)236 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate48.1653.20
Floating-point processing power0.6221 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs8028

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 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width512 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1107 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth141.7 GB/sno data

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 DVIMotherboard Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
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 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.7 (6.4)
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 June 2008 6 January 2020
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 236 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics 448SP has an age advantage of 11 years, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 1473.3% lower power consumption.

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