Intel GMA 500 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 500 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel GMA 500

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

2.5x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

Name	Intel GMA 500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
PassMark - G3D Mark		467
PassMark - G2D Mark		365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1820
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1820

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX535	Tesla
Code name	Poulsbo	G92
Launch date	2 March 2008	23 February 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	776
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	65 nm
Floating-point performance		160 gflops
Pipelines		96
Texture fill rate		16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		70 Watt
Transistor count		754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-HE
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	ES 2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		51.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
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