i815 Graphics vs GeForce GTX 280M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking980not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.36no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 1.0 (1998−2002)
GPU code nameG92Solano
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 March 2009 (15 years ago)2000 (24 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 cores128no data
Core clock speed585 MHz133 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate37.440.13
Floating-point processing power0.3745 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops562no data
ROPs161
TMUs641

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-IVFSB
Widthno dataIGP
SLI options+-
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-Bno data

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 width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedUp to 950 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth61 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGAMotherboard Dependent
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)7.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.11.2
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm

GTX 280M has a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 280M and i815 Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 280M is a notebook card while i815 Graphics is a desktop one.


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