NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 575 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
85.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
12.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3695 vs 306

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2015 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3695 vs 306

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

5x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 309 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	309 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3695

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

181

309

Name	NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3695	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	181	309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	G71
Launch date	30 August 2015	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	512	514
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$99.99
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.97
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1180 MHz	575 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048	24
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory		0