NVIDIA GRID K280Q vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K280Q and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K280Q

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 575 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
64x more pipelines: 1536 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
9.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 306
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

5x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K280Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2840

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

309

Name	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	G71
Launch date	28 June 2013	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,875	$99.99
Place in performance rating	542	545
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.97
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536	24
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0